cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/3658116

or maybe some other terminology would be better? lots of people get confused when you ask them to choose an instance, sometimes I think even the word “proxy”, “host”, or “hub” is simpler

the specific terms aren’t my point, just a discussion to see if we can come up with a better name

  • NixEnglish
    0•9 months ago

    i know discord servers are run on your own servers but us using the term would both be accurate and be understandable by the average person.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•9 months ago

      No, calling Discord groups/communities/guilds “servers” is not accurate and is totally wrong. You cannot create your own Discord server and Discord would never let you.

      It’s like calling Facebook a website hosting, because you can create a “site” on it.

      • quicklimeEnglish
        1•9 months ago

        I haven’t been on FB for several years, but ugh there was a while in the late 2010s when so many people over there were referring to FB groups as sites and just arghh arrghh aaarrgghhh.

      • NixEnglish
        1•9 months ago

        …. Im talking about lemmy servers. Calling lemmy instances servers. I don’t care what people call discord servers im saying they already call them servers. So people will understand what a lemmy server is because they already know what a discord server is and the concept is similar enough they will immediately understand how lemmy servers work and can still communicate with one another.