Reddit is called as such because “I read it on Reddit”
Per Lemmy’s GitHub
Why’s it called Lemmy?
- Lead singer from Motörhead.
- The old school video game.
- The Koopa from Super Mario.
- The furry rodents.
As a metal fan, both Lemmy and Mastodon give me a little chuckle every time I think of their names.
Lemmy is God.
BRB, starting a new service named Dethklok.
Yes.
Lemmy Koopa was actually named after Lemmy from Motörhead. In fact, most of the Koopalings were named after musicals.
Huh. I didn’t know that. To be honest, I didn’t know that there was a Koopa named Lemmy until I looked at their github either. I’ve never played Mario.
I don’t know. Lemmy find an answer for you.
Lemmy know when you do
Lemmy drag Deez nuts across your face?
ayyyyyyy gottem
Lemmy take a screen cap of that and share it with your
This might not be the official answer, but it feels like the right answer.
Lemmy tell you why…
Lemmy find you where I read it
…yes…
Once upon a time there was a Lemming called…
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I lemmied on Lemmy
Why is kbin called like something KDE developers would use to parse their binaries?
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But then why do they have that logo?
its also a lemming
I think it is somewhere in here :D https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/users/07-history-of-lemmy.html
Somebody liked the Motörhead rock band, maybe (Lead vocalist’s name was Lemmy)?
Until yesterday my girlfriend legit thought it was named after him.
It’s called lemmy because all the lemmings join it.
Why are you called sociablefish?
Maybe they need to go back to school.
Anyone got a link to a quick primer on how lemmy/kbin are related? I thought they were different sites?, but it seems they are not?
They ARE different sites, but they’re federated. Basically, sites on the Fediverse (the nickname for the group of sites which share this functionality) can communicate. So, for example, Mastadon, Lemmy and kbin are all on the Fediverse, so they can communicate (when sites on the Fediverse are able to communicate, people say they are “federated”).
Let me give you an example!
Say you’re on Mastadon and you post something. That post will be visible to users on Lemmy and kbin, and people from Lemmy and kbin can comment and interact with it (since they all share the same protocol). Lemmy / kbin users will not have the 400 character limit Mastadon has, but they will still be able to interact.
Same thing if you make a post on Lemmy - on the whole, the Fediverse will be able to see your posts. Same with your comment here (Lemmy users can see it. For an example of a comment from another site, check out Stux’s comment below - they are from Mastadon)
They are all distinct apps with distinct features, they just can communicate with each other. Imagine it like Twitter and Facebook could see each others’ posts.
Now, some instances of Lemmy and kbin (basically, some servers of them) are blocked from federation with others on the Fediverse (aka, recently Beehaw - a Lemmy instance - blocked another Lemmy instance) but that is on a per-instance basis.
