cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/3658116

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

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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    1 year ago

    no offense, but ‘proxy’ and ‘hub’ are also technophobe-ambiguous. servers, however… is somewhat mainstream. all my ignorant staff understand the server concept.

    • marsokod@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I agree with you on proxy.

      For hub I am not sure, that sounds a bit more mainstream to me, with the caveat that English is not my mother tongue. That gives a nice image that an instance is basically an access hub to a whole universe of data.