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this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2025
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An immediate problem is that "community" is a term in the threadiverse, where !fediverse@lemmy.ml is a community. It also might make it sound like an exclusive space with a specific topic, whereas in reality when you join a server you can still interact with the wider network.
IMO this is a concept that can't be expressed in one word when someone is unfamiliar with the concept. We put together this guide a while back to try and explain it: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/get-started
We could call it a home, shortened from home server. I didn't pick a server over another. I keep using other server's communities. What I did was that I called one server my home on the fediverse while you called lemmy.ca your home.
It's not perfect but it would solve the term conflict.
That’s a great analogy. It does also highlight that, when you travel to another instance, you are a guest and should behave accordingly.
I like "home", I might try using that in the future :)
I feel like that's getting there, though 'home' doesn't sit right with me somehow; too many other connotations (after all it's still somebody else's server, unless you're self-hosting it, you're still using it on their terms so it's not a 'home' in a typical sense).
Maybe 'gateway' or something like that?
I like home, gateway, or home base.
Maybe neighborhood?
Showing my age, that reminds me of Geocities.
Thanks for the guide.