What does kbin mean? Why is kbin.social called that?
What does kbin mean? Why is kbin.social called that?
Is it just random letters arrived to by keyboard mashing like a lot of federated websites seem, or is there any thought behind it?
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I found this
according to ernest it stems from /sbin. though one of the early instances was named karabin based on the karabine gun and thus shortened to kbin (or rather expanded from kbin).
(Ernest WiΕniewski is the creator of kbin)
It also explains "magazines".
Ernest has actually said that the name "magazine" isn't gun related and that it's a reference "to the virtual edition of a late 90s gaming newspaper" (see this thread and my other comment for the full story)
Someone in that thread also explains that in Polish the names are different:
Polish word "magazyn" means storage or newspaper, but "magazynek " is a gun mag.
EDIT: Didn't word good.
This just changed my whole worldview.
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Great. Now we gotta Google what a Karabin Gun is.
but like... why tho?
Because of the rapid fire content, I guess?
shrug
It's such a bad domain name
It's Polish for "rifle".
so it's a "gun rifle"? why in the world would they name a platform after it?
It was a play on words, from /sbin. More info in the top thread.
Not sure, perhaps he liked the domain karab.in. But honestly, there's plenty of weirder names out there, even among the biggest brands.
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why tho? why is that the name of the platform then?
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It isn't. It has nothing to do with a gun
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Is he?
lol
This just happens to have the "karabin" in the name but it simply means a rifle.