My guess is that the namer wanted the connotation to be: LET ME.

How exciting!

But honestly — I try to get people to join and inevitably they say…”Why, so I can follow all the other stupid lemmings?”

  • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    From wikipedia:

    In a 2020 post, Lemmy’s co-creator Dessalines wrote about the origin of the name Lemmy. “It was nameless for a long time, but I wanted to keep with the fediverse tradition of naming projects after animals. I was playing that old-school game Lemmings, and Lemmy (from Motorhead) had passed away that week, and we held a few polls for names, and I went with that.”

    So I would say no, they seemingly weren’t worried that Lemmy users would be referred to as Lemmings and be turned away due to it.

    • wowwoweowza@lemmy.worldOP
      01·
      1 month ago

      Hmph… I chose to see it as: LET ME, and I shall persist in this.

      Thanks everyone for the comments. I have been educated.