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arrow-up1769arrow-down1external-link📣 Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️reddit.comdylan@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square252fedilink
minus-squarelemdoeswhatreddont@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years ago“Server” has been pretty normalized (albeit abused) by discord especially, so it seems accessible to me? “Instance” does seem vague and overly techy to me, it’s an oop/code term (think “instantiate the class”) that’s been borrowed for casual use. “Community=subreddit” sounds pretty good, but runs the risk of being misinterpreted as more of a “community = discord server” thing… I’m also fond of matrix’s “homeserver”, a server that (while your home) isn’t your only location, but that might be entirely foreign to new users too. Definitely a tricky problem
“Server” has been pretty normalized (albeit abused) by discord especially, so it seems accessible to me?
“Instance” does seem vague and overly techy to me, it’s an oop/code term (think “instantiate the class”) that’s been borrowed for casual use.
“Community=subreddit” sounds pretty good, but runs the risk of being misinterpreted as more of a “community = discord server” thing…
I’m also fond of matrix’s “homeserver”, a server that (while your home) isn’t your only location, but that might be entirely foreign to new users too.
Definitely a tricky problem