A forum would have subforums, hence subs. Forums nested under the overarching forum. So sublemmies is a natural extension of that, in the same way subreddits was.
But, ultimately if people don’t like the term, that’s cool - I have no horse in this race other than trying to remember to use “communities” for Lemmy and “magazines” for kbin depending on where they originated. :)
A forum would have subforums, hence subs. Forums nested under the overarching forum. So sublemmies is a natural extension of that, in the same way subreddits was.
But, ultimately if people don’t like the term, that’s cool - I have no horse in this race other than trying to remember to use “communities” for Lemmy and “magazines” for kbin depending on where they originated. :)