would it be simpler for people if we said "server" instead of "instance"? (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Die4Ever@programming.dev to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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or maybe some other terminology would be better? lots of people get confused when you ask them to choose an instance, sometimes I think even the word "proxy", "host", or "hub" is simpler

the specific terms aren't my point, just a discussion to see if we can come up with a better name

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[-] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I'm not so sure about changing the terminology, but if we did, I think it should be a word that implies what the situation is: That the instance they pick isn't a walled garden in itself, but just an access point to the wider connected Lemmyverse. I think that was a common confusion point for most of us when we first heard of Lemmy.

So... "access point"? Or "gateway"? Or for a milder change, going from "instance" to "default instance" might get the point across.

[-] Die4Ever@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

if we wanted to keep the word instance then yea "default instance" isn't bad, or maybe "home instance"

[-] ram@bookwormstory.social 4 points 11 months ago

"Home instance" is the terminology I use.

[-] marius851000@lemmy.mariusdavid.fr 2 points 11 months ago

Matrix use the term of "homeserver" too

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