Most communities that I see have very straightforward names like ‘asklemmy’. I have also seen ‘/c/showethoughts’. What does the ‘/c/’ mean here?

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    Okay, but this is not a standard then, right? Also, it is just naming, and does not actually add any options/functions, correct?

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        1 year ago

        Okay, but then I still don’t get why the ‘/c/’ part is only showing for /c/showerthoughts (see screenshot).

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          I’m guessing the user who created “/c/showerthoughts” named it “/c/showerthoughts”. You’re seeing the community names, and that one is named the same as the URL.

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              Unnecessary, yes. In error, maybe or maybe not. Some people just may not want to come up with a name apart from the URL and decide to use the URL fragment as the name.