They should have named it startrek.federation
Do you Federation enthusiasts know that Lemmy developers are using Star Trek names for their testing instances?
Speaking of Federation enthusiasts, the whole network is supposedly part of a Federation, which is a fun touch.
Any plans to have a section to represent /r/StarTrekGIFs?
Only thing I really post are sci-fi gifs anyways, so looking to move over here to do it
I love seeing all these subs I used to watch poopi6ng up here one by one.
They’re doing what now?
I said what I said.
You heard 'im.
Man this fediverse terminology is a whole other world…
Incredible work, I’m so proud of this community! Makes sense that Star Trek fans would see the value of the federationverse
live long and prosper
Qapla’
Man I just love the content that is growing every day in these new forums … nice work guys … subscribed and will come back again and again.
I feel like we’ve rebelled against old alliances and we are restarting again in some far off outpost with minimal supplies but plenty of hope and enthusiasm.
I’ve cut my ties and I’m staying on this outpost with you all.
Think /r/startrek made the right choice. Spez is going to change mods whether they like it or not and take control of subs anyway.
Also, some people who overwrote their Reddit data have found it restored?
I’m replying to a mastodon post, from a separate lemmy instance federated with startrek.website.
I’m living in the future.
What is this, the Mycelium Network?!
no sir. this is the federation.
I thought it was a Wendy’s.
What news to warm my heart! Very principled to lock the subs over in crazy town even though it’s difficult. I won’t be going back, and the fed(erat)i(on)verse is the perfect place for Star Trek anyway!
What’s more Star Trek than joining the federation?
THIS is the kind of action I was hopeful for. I haven’t had a reddit account in nearly two years out of principle, and it feels great to be able to geek out/interact with other star trek nerds online.
Where my friends of DeSoto at?
Next on this old starship, we building a forum.
Also, where did the name friends of DeSoto come from? I’ve listened for years and feel like a missed a random reference.
It’s from the early days of Greatest Gen, and references Captain DeSoto of the USS Hood (NCC-1703). DeSoto and the Hood made several appearances in TNG, and Ben and Adam leaned into his chill vibes, theorizing that the Hood would be a great place to work.
It’s also an allusion to the phrase Friend of Dorothy, an older euphemism for LGBT people.
I think it was originally jokingly conceived as a sort of passphrase or shibboleth for fans of the pod to identify each other without revealing their embarrassing enthusiasm to outsiders, e.g.
Q: “Are you a friend of DeSoto?”
A: “Best boss I ever had!”
