Why the name "magazine"? a magazine isn't a community

@V699

I'm not sure I love the name either, but I sorta get it. It's like subscribing to a print magazine. A magazine generally has articles and content about a specific topic. So it's about referring to the content of the "magazine" as opposed to the subscribers to it.

@V699

This is from a while ago. Here is the explanation.

https://kbin.social/m/kbinDesign/p/321387/why-the-choice-to-call-the-groups-magazines#post-comment-558994

I was wondering the same!

@V699 kbin comes from carabin(sp?) which is the Polish word for carbine (a type of gun)