It brings to mind nerds and gamers in basements.
Which is pretty much the main users of Lemmy lol
Comment on What if we called instances providers?
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I like it. The reasoning’s good.
I hate the term “instance”. It’s hopelessly geeky (it derives from object-oriented programming). It brings to mind nerds and gamers in basements.
donaldjmusk@hilariouschaos.com 5 weeks ago
Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I thought it was just an instance of the lemmy software, for example?
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
en.wikipedia.org/…/Instance_(computer_science)
Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Yes, I know what an instance is, but I never thought that was what people meant.