The rapid rise of Lemmy and Kbin, dubbed the ‘threadiverse’, have altered the dynamic in the fediverse. A look at how this changes the structure and the dynamic of the fediverse at large.
This is the first time I’ve read “The Threadiverse” used to describe Lemmy and Kbin. I think that’s an excellent way to differentiate them from the rest of the Fediverse apps, while recognizing that they’re largely the same in purpose.
Do not think it is first. I have been seeing it fairly often since I joined a coupled weeks ago. Nice term though. Not sure where it started.
Yeah @maegul was the first to suggest it a few weeks ago. One of the reasons I like the term is how communal and organic it grew; it was suggested in a thread that was specifically about brainstorming for better names. Threadiverse got thrown in there as a potential option, and its been gaining organic usage ever since.
It was before it leaked that Meta’s product will most likely be called Threads tho, which will be hilariously confusing. Not sure if the term threadiverse survives that.
It’s great! Free marketing for Meta’s entrance to the fediverse (their app is called Threads)
/s ofc
