New Lemmy user here...What terminology should I know? - eviltoast

I know the obvious things like federation and fediverse, but do we say upvote/downvote, updoot, karma? I hate to bring up the software that must not be named, but I don’t know what else to call things.

  • LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org
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    27 days ago

    Nazi: When somebody on lemmy says this, they aren’t talking about literal jackboot historical underlings of Adolf Hitler, but instead referring to anyone who isn’t firmly on the progressive side of the political aisle.

    Tankie: I’m still trying to figure this one out. Apparently it’s not referring to tank roles in online games. It supposed to be insulting, despite sounding very laudatory.

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      27 days ago

      Tankie: far right lunatic who delusionally believes they’re a communist (or trollingly roleplays as what they believe one to be), despite defending authoritarian oligarchic states like Russia or China.

      For instance, the Lemmy devs (and lemmy.ml admins).

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      25 days ago

      Mostly people who get called nazis are saying fascist stuff. So while the term nazi isn’t correct it is meant as an insult to their ideolegy by drawing a line to past fascists.