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What's up with so many activitypub services having really cringe names?
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this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
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Yes? Should I not? "insta" as in instanteous, and "gram" as in a telegram. This is a name rooted in already understood language to give me an understanding of what it is at first encounter. Bard, same, something that tells a story, I'd assume. But I've never seen it before so /shrug.
"Lemmy" means nothing to me.
Fediverse is good. "Verse" to the end of anything suggests it's own ecosystem, or "universe," and Fedi for federation. Makes sense.
Instagram make sense but it's not catchy and use the name of a very old tech. I wonder how many young people still know about telegraphy machines. You are right m abiut mastodon but i think it's still catchy and easy to remember
I mean, Lemmy just follows the same logic as Reddit, it's the mascot name
The reddit mascot's name is Snoo. The name comes from the wordplay–"I read it on reddit"