2026-10-04 14:32 UTC
I don’t think you’re wrong but I question how much the name really matters. As a name, Reddit is also kind of confusing until someone explains the pun and has historically been seen as weird. Only reason it’s not weird now is cause it’s popular. The name “lemmy” could just as well see the same happen.
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@masterspace@lemmy.ca 2026-10-05 03:44
I agree, Reddit’s name isn’t why people use it, but critically it doesn’t hold people back from using it. Reddit is a satisfying enough word, doesn’t disparage it’s users or sound like qchilidhs joke, an doesn’t conjure images of rats. It is a much better name than Lemmy.