• JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world
    16·
    12 hours ago

    In a 2020 post, Lemmy’s co-creator Dessalines wrote about the origin of the name Lemmy. "It was nameless for a long time, but I wanted to keep with the fediverse tradition of naming projects after animals.

    • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
      6·
      15 hours ago

      I never cared much about Reddit, but then again, I’m not using Lemmy either. So maybe you’re right.

        • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
          2·
          9 hours ago

          I think, on your end, my user name probably shows as just “cabbage”, not “@cabbage”. Which indicates it’s a user name (not exclusive), not a handle (exclusive).

          Similarly, OP shows up to me as “Aurora (she/her)” rather than “aurora_glamour”, which is her handle. Piefed still displays the instance though.

          It might not be ideal, as it makes imposters possible. Then again, that has always been the case by using visually identical Unicode characters, so it’s not entirely a new problem.

    • Today@lemmy.world
      5·
      16 hours ago

      When you posted this, I was just telling my son about the blackout and showing him videos on it. So, yeah, maybe not related to why is called Lemmy, but fuck spez!

      • over_clox@lemmy.world
        72·
        14 hours ago

        There’s nothing old about how shitty Reddit has become when nothing has changed since Reddit went public. Run by a greedy CEO, shitty admins, shitty mods, full of ads and bots, and now getting data scraped for AI training.

        To suggest this is old news is to suggest people should just forget about it and move on. Welp, nothing has changed, people haven’t forgotten, and if anything, Reddit has gradually been getting even worse.

        Act like I signed up for my data to be scraped?

        FUCK SPEZ!!!

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
          1·
          13 hours ago

          I would argue both of you.

          To @[email protected] I say, fuck spez. We’re all here for that.

          To @over_clox I would argue it’s not old news but only because it’s not news at all. That would be like saying the sky is blue is old news. Reddit being shitty is just something we all know, we have always known, and will always know. So, it’s not new news, it’s not old news. It’s just life. Things people know. 1+1=2, and fuck Spez.

          • over_clox@lemmy.world
            2·
            13 hours ago

            And I could say Elon and Trump are old news. Sure, fuckit, let’s just let all the oligarchs get rich, take control, and steal all your data at the same time.

            Or like NOT!!!

            Don’t forget, eat the rich, and fuck the oligarchs.

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      1·
      20 minutes ago

      OP isn’t asking “why do you like chocolate?”.

      If OP were curious why his name is what it is, he could ask the person who came up with it. He could have reasons for it, or not, but that person would know.

      In this case, he’s asking the community if they know the origin of the name for the Lemmy project. The answer could range from “It was completely random, just something that came up in my head” to “I thought the project reflected a trait in a particular animal, so felt the name would represent that”.

      So it’s potentially an answerable question, unlike “why do you like chocolate?”.

      In fact, direct from the github page:

      Why Is It Called Lemmy?

      Lead singer from Motörhead.

      The old school video game.

      The Koopa from Super Mario.

      The furry rodents.