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Recently I wanted to refer to the general populace of the divisions by zero, but it occurred to me we don't have a good shorthand for it,. I.e. like one talks about "lemmings" or "redditors". We could use something for members of lemmy.dbzer0.com.

Ideas?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Nullheads, zeronauts, diverrs?

Dunno, not creative

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

For the outside the instance, something from the instance name would be intuitive.

  • Ds ("dees")

  • Divs

  • Dbs ("div/dee-bees")

  • 0s ("ohs/zees/zeros")

  • Db0s ("div/dee-bee-ohs/zees") which seems easiest for those all round.

Outside the instance, I'm not sure! I like the thinking of the mate but it still seems a bit too... something

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lmfao I kind of like db0s because if you pronounce it "oh" instead of 0 it's the default schema for all m$ databases.... Haha

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (14 children)

I’m not hosted on this instance, but I worry that named identities based on instance host may lead to tribalism, which would be unhealthy for Lemmy users and the fediverse as a whole. Using phrases like “local users” or “users of [instance name]” or “[instance name] accounts” may be a better option. We’re all in this big network to have a good time together.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Also makes it easier to remember.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

One thought I had

m@tes

  • It uses the word mate which is A) Pirate-coded B) Non-gendered
  • It uses 1337speak, which fits with the domain name (dbzer0)
  • It uses a circled 'a' which, you know...
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Ahoy m@tey!

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