• AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    We as a group stopped using ‘subs’ to distance ourselves from reddit. Had they not been as shitty as they were, we might still be using their terminology

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      6 days ago

      Speak for yourself, I’m not so obsessed with reddit that i need to make up new words just to price I’m not obsessed with reddit.

    • Mesophar@pawb.social
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      6 days ago

      Yeah, but reclaiming “sub” would just be an example of language being dynamic. Unless someone is calling the communities “subreddits” I don’t think there should be this divisive issue about it.

      Use sub if you want, or not if you dislike the term.

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        6 days ago

        Yeah I’m not telling anybody they can’t do it. I’m just positing my theory why we moved so quickly away from the old term.

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          6 days ago

          Sorry, my reply was more directed at the original commenter, but that would make sense.