DeadNinja@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agoAs we witness the recent mass exodus from Reddit to Lemmy - Whoever named this Platform after Lemmings, must have had a freaking good foresight.message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down110
arrow-up1205arrow-down1message-squareAs we witness the recent mass exodus from Reddit to Lemmy - Whoever named this Platform after Lemmings, must have had a freaking good foresight.DeadNinja@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareCascadianBeam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·2 years agoI thought it was because Reddit is like “read it” and Lemmy is like “Lemmy show you this”. Lemmings is a great name though.
minus-squareDrQuint@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoI didn’t really think much of it myself, but when I joined, for like two weeks, joining instances was a bit harder due to some being closed and others having sporadic downtime. So one very common joke was people saying “Lemmy In! LEMMY IN!”
I thought it was because Reddit is like “read it” and Lemmy is like “Lemmy show you this”. Lemmings is a great name though.
I didn’t really think much of it myself, but when I joined, for like two weeks, joining instances was a bit harder due to some being closed and others having sporadic downtime. So one very common joke was people saying “Lemmy In! LEMMY IN!”