Absolutely KBinauts. Seen it going around and it's great. I first saw it here
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Yep, I think a lot of us are trying to coalesce under a flavor of this name. @digitallyfree even created us some mascots that I think we could sticker out in the real world! https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/40257/Introducing-the-Kbeanauts-my-idea-of-a-Kbin-mascot
I like the name KBinauts. It syncs with the name I chose.
I've been thinking about this for a little while now and I think Fedditor is the best choice.
- Between Kbin and Lemmy, there's already two choices of software platforms for Reddit-esque link aggregators that work together. In the future there may be more. I think the term should be inclusive.
- Fedditor is play on redditor, a widely used term for users of the privately owned Reddit. A fedditor is a user of a Fediverse alternative.
- Since ActivityPub is an underlying protocol that interfaces with the rest of the Fediverse, I think emphasizing the Fediverse aspect and the "reddit-esque" aspect is more important than the specific software platform.
- People may use different terms for Kbin vs Lemmy vs future alternatives (or ones I just don't know about), but they may also use different terms for the instance they use or for the magazine/group that they are a part of. I think if any term becomes widespread, it should be an inclusive term that fall underneath a more general term such as Fedditor.
Fedditor sounds like a nice, platform-neutral term, but it might be a little too close to Reddit. I can't think of an alternative, though. But your idea of a general Fediverse term rather than a platform specific one is good.
I like this idea. A term that is site-agnostic is a good idea since there are so many potential names for any given instance.
There's also just no elegant way to turn "kbins.social" into a term that rolls off the tongue. "k-beans" and similar terms are just awkward and I can't see them being adopted en masse.
To combine your and @gus suggestions, maybe Fedinauts?
ooh! that's so neat, specially fitting since fediverse implies a kind of universe to be explored by, well, fedinauts
Ooh, fedinauts is good. Definitely agree to prioritize something which doesn't favor a particular instance and rather emphasizes the idea of the fediverse. Also, the ~nauts variations also connote a sort of star trek federation vibe, which suits this whole endeavor.
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I like "binners"
binners/kbinners are my favourites by far
Binner? I hardly know her!
kbinauts seems to be preferred but I've also seen kbeans suggested.
Out of all these I like kbeans the most!
I did too until I learned (two minutes ago) that Beaner is a derogatory slur originally from the United States to refer to individuals of Hispanic or Latino descent, particularly those that are Mexicans from Mexico or of Mexican American descent. source: Wikipedia
That sucks, I don‘t think we should let slurs ruin an otherwise perfectly fine word like bean, I love beans, but maybe it‘s not the best choice then. Guess we could do some poll to see how other names fare though.
I also love beans, especially coffee beans.
Can we not be so touchy as to let the word "bean" be ruined? Come on. That's just some hardcore virtue signaling if you ask me.
binbags :p
Kbin users
While we’re at it, what is the term for those butter-side-down heretics on Lemmy instances? /s
Kboomer
how about "users" or "members"
-t boomer
Oh sorry I didn't notice that post. Should have looked that up before creating mine.
Nothing to apologize for - the conversation happened in a different magazine. I'm confident there are other places where the idea has been discussed before that one, too. all good, friend /u/cloudless!
I've been using Kbinner but I saw someone use Kbinaut and I love it.
Kbinauts!
Users. I'm boring but stop with the corny reddit nonsense, ugh.
Kabineers
I didn't like the term "Redditor" and I don't wanna be called anything based on what website I go to.
For one thing, being called a "Redditor" was typically a negative. It was a dismissive. The "hive mind" and all that. I don't wanna be associated with a "community vibe." I just want to visit an aggregator that doesn't have corporate baggage and an agenda.
My thing is, we're all just people. Using a web service. So that's what I call us. People. On the internet. I don't need or want some tribal moniker. Not here. Not across a decentralized system.
Here's two off the top of my head based on reddit. Both aren't my favorite, but variety is the spice of life!
- Federedditors
- Reddfugees
Keebineebies
What about lemmy. Are they lemmyngs?
Those of us who just joined are referred to as Beanie babies.
When you're going from thread to thread and digging deep into content, we can call that going down a k hole.
We had that thread a week ago and someone suggested kabaneros.
I don't care what y'all decide, I'm gonna go with that one.
Binnie baby
kbiñeros (edit: typo)
Wheely-bins.
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