I'm guessing it's an artifact of them supporting both platforms like Lemmy (who's users make Threads and Comments in Magazines) and platforms like Mastodon (who's users make Posts and Replies in Microblogs).
If you don't like that, you're really not going to like what they call downvotes ...
WHO thought that was the right term??? Like was some guy using a yellow notepad and putting the bad ideas on the right, and the good ideas on the left, and “reduces” is the one that they landed on??? How bad were the other options???
The original Kbin dev is Polish, so English is likely a second language for him. Also, it's still very early in development, so a lot of terminology put in use are likely placeholders until something more natural-sounding could be finalized.
I’ve said it before and caught flak but I’ll say it again: I really, truly hate the naming conventions Kbin introduced. “Reduces” is maybe the worst offender but “magazines” too is a completely nonsensical name for communities.
Oh. If thats the case, Mbin seems like it’s laid out really smart. It just needs to use a kind of branded name for mastodon. Kind of like how “twitter” had “tweets”, and “X” has “racist bullshit”. Well maybe Mastodon could have “Snouts”. Or someone smarter can think of a better word for Mastodon noises.
But whatever Mastodon settles on, thats what Mbin should call them. “Magazines” should just be “Communities”. And “Threads” should just be “Posts”.
And what we know as “Posts” would be called “Snouts”.
Terrorism is an inchoate concept. History is written by the victors. American terrorists dumped tea in Boston Harbor, but they were freedom fighters and revolutionaries because they prevailed. On the flip side, Israel killed a terrorist. How do I know they were a terrorist? Because Israel wouldn’t have killed them otherwise.
Overall, other responders have good answers - equal rights, freedoms, and opportunities. Plenty of bread and circuses. I can’t be motivated to be a terrorist because I would sacrifice too much changing the status quo.
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