Discord for example started off as a slack clone. Then it evolved into its own thing. We literally had no time to prepare so we went with lemmy. Now we are slowly developing it into our own thing. What we are working on is already a departure of reddit's up/downvote system. Things just take time to develop and to mature.
By the way. Remember digg? Reddit started out as a digg clone.
As for the name. It really just isn't that important. Coca cola only sounds right because you're accustomed to it. People literally always hate on new logos, but it eventually everyone will just get used to them. The connection still has to be made to the 'brand'. That's why it doesn't seem right in the beginning. It works like that with names too.
Discord for example started off as a slack clone. Then it evolved into its own thing. We literally had no time to prepare so we went with lemmy. Now we are slowly developing it into our own thing. What we are working on is already a departure of reddit's up/downvote system. Things just take time to develop and to mature.
By the way. Remember digg? Reddit started out as a digg clone.
As for the name. It really just isn't that important. Coca cola only sounds right because you're accustomed to it. People literally always hate on new logos, but it eventually everyone will just get used to them. The connection still has to be made to the 'brand'. That's why it doesn't seem right in the beginning. It works like that with names too.