Perhaps. First name that came to me was remmy but the real nane is remy from the movie
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2025
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what would be a better name?
- lemming
- lemorian?
lemmy is okay
Lemmino. Wait, a Swedish YouTuber already uses that name.
musician
Who?
Maybe, but it would be hard to pivot at this point. There's other things that would be a way better use of dev time.
Lemmy needs better marketing. The name is lame an non-descriptive of what it is. The UI, while awesome to the tech savvy is not modern enough to compete with alternatives. For Lemmy to succeed it has to become "cool" and it's not there yet and seems to lack that sort of direction.
We could retcon it as named after the koopaling.
As much as I love Motorhead, it's not a great name.
I have long contended there is no good band name. All are terrible.
Counterpoint: Ninja Sex Party.
I think the political culture is holding it back more than the name. People poke their heads in and see an environment that is far more left than theyβre used to so they head back to Reddit. It can be a shock to see all the moe/loli and communist stuff when they arenβt used to it.
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I confess that it is always odd to see a musician, now deceased for a decade, when searching for this platform. Mind you, that is an ongoing tribute to their legacy, which is how it came about.
In a 2020 post, Lemmy's co-creator Dessalines wrote about the origin of the name Lemmy. "It was nameless for a long time, but I wanted to keep with the fediverse tradition of naming projects after animals. I was playing that old-school game Lemmings, and Lemmy (from Motorhead) had passed away that week, and we held a few polls for names, and I went with that."
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmy_(social_network)#History
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some would prefer the limited growth.
i picked moist because who the fuck would want to market that
Greatest and best name ever.
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