# Funnier/better name for "Reticulum community"

_Off-topic · started by welo on Thu, Jul 2, 2026 4:22 PM_

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## Original post

**welo** · Thu, Jul 2, 2026 4:22 PM

Context, I was gonna make a throw together some nomadnet site for something and I wanted to refer to the people who use reticulum in a silly way. And the phrase reticulum community is just way too long.

You can do Reticulum + X, so reticulum people or whatever but it's still a bit of a mouthful, ideally it should be one word. Something like Reticulumities, Reticulumights? Still hard to pronounce and bad to spell.

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## Reply 1

**Anonymous** · Thu, Jul 2, 2026 5:09 PM

retnetweb webnetret netretweb retwebnet webretnet netwebret

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## Reply 2

**Anonymous** · Thu, Jul 2, 2026 7:15 PM

Reticulous

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## Reply 3

**jrl290** · Thu, Jul 2, 2026 8:45 PM

**Anonymous** wrote:
> retnetweb webnetret netretweb retwebnet webretnet netwebret

I like "the Retnet"

or:
Retinet
Retisphere

Ret-con?

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## Reply 4

**Loelin** · Thu, Jul 2, 2026 11:26 PM

If Reticulum is represented as a fabric (than an internet) according to the Zen manifesto, then I would say that we are essentially a new form of weaver of the solarpunk age.

Weavers sounds appropriate to me.

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## Reply 5

**Anonymous** · Fri, Jul 3, 2026 8:02 AM

Weaving seems to have its own vocabulary also. There are loads of funny sounding words I never heard of that could be used in this context. Just skip through the wikipedia page.

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## Reply 6

**Loelin** · Fri, Jul 3, 2026 12:16 PM

A digital quilt of sorts. Weaving quilts over on existing systems sounds on par too lol.

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## Reply 7

**cobalt32** · Fri, Jul 3, 2026 11:49 PM

Reticulators, or maybe Reticulants. At work, I told my coworkers that I reticulate every day, so now they regularly ask me if I've reticulated yet.

On MeshCore, I would call people Meshlings. I guess that name could apply here too.

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## Reply 8

**welo** · Sat, Jul 4, 2026 6:52 AM

combining two of the above suggestions, Weavelings

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## Reply 9

**Loelin** · Sat, Jul 4, 2026 12:02 PM

Textile metaphors would do great to differentiate between the Fabric and the internet. Should seperate the differences between rnsd to other forms of networks.

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## Reply 10

**welo** · Sat, Jul 4, 2026 3:20 PM

I'm warming up to Weaver, it reminds of the old `surfing the net` where it's only slightly metaphorically related but it sounds cool.

Though a weaver sounds like someone who builds the network rather than uses it. Can't think of a similar word for just using reticulum

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## Reply 11

**Anonymous** · Sat, Jul 4, 2026 3:44 PM

Working the loom? Lol

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## Reply 12

**Anonymous** · Sun, Jul 5, 2026 6:10 AM

Meshtastic++

Now everyone will move over 😀

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## Reply 13

**Loelin** · Mon, Jul 6, 2026 11:09 AM

Wearing rnsd devices also tracks. if the primary feature of nomadnet is ambient connection, then most likely the typical identity is 'wearing' their version of the Fabric (either RNodes or a different method of transport).

The possibilites are endless here.

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## Reply 14

**guvy** · Mon, Jul 6, 2026 11:26 AM

Retheads, or just Rets. Don't know if that's any _better_, but i think its _funnier_. (Yet, obviously humor comes i many different shapes ... ;)

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