Afaik “community” is the intended Lemmy term.

If we want to mature and be our own thing it’s also a good idea to separate ourselves from Reddit, otherwise Lemmy will always be considered a “Reddit clone” (even though it technically started as one and still is).

I would probably call them ‘boards’. Communities is too long of a word imo and it makes it sound like the people subscribed all have some kind of shared culture or relationship. That definitely happens in some cases (there are subreddits which have built a community around them) but it’s not universal.

Just community, no need for corny names

What is wrong with using communities? By the way, in kbin they are called magazines.

I’m on kbin and they are called magazines, but I think communities are a better catch all. Everyone knows what you mean by that