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.
BRB, starting a new service named Dethklok.
Lemmy is God.
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.
Yes.
I don’t know. Lemmy find an answer for you.
This might not be the official answer, but it feels like the right answer.
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
Because servers are closed and people were yelling “Lemmy In!”
Why is kbin called like something KDE developers would use to parse their binaries?
It’s called lemmy because all the lemmings join it.
I just assumed since their icon looks like a mouse, that it’s named after the small rodent called a lemming.
But then why do they have that logo?
its also a lemming
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?
Kbin and Lemmy and Mastadon (and others) can all federate with each other, so posts and comments are all shared. They all speak the same underlying protocol – ActivityPub.
https://kbin.social/m/asklemmy@lemmy.ml/t/58451/I-am-new-to-the-Fediverse-I-vaguely-understand-how
I lemmied on Lemmy
Lemmy tell you why…
Lemmy find you where I read it
