While renaming is fine, why pick that name? Even through layer of obfuscation, it doesn’t fit (in my opinion obviously) and is not self-descriptive. Like lemmygrad describes what they are kinda well.
While that’s true, people coming in future wont be liberals, liberals in usa would be sleeping for the next 2-4 years, more likely newcomers will be dissaffected lefty people when reddit bans other subreddits/does something else stupid, so name “edgyness” wouldn’t be a factor.
Zapatatraphouse for example is just as dumb chapotraphouse, but at least it says something to a lefty.
Prole.chat is also not a scary name for example, yet it gives much more indication of the site leaning
Well that’s one layer of obfuscation, but if you know what it is - it fits. hexbear is some meta-meme, which doesn’t open up its meaning the same way, even if you know it’s origin, it’s stays static to the thing, it doesn’t capture essence. like hexbear could be just some animal images hosting and I wouldn’t blink
An abstract and decoupled name is good. We have a core user group that will direct the culture (as much as we try to influence it), so over time the name will come to mean something. Curiosity is a powerful driver.
Abstract name which resolves into small inside joke (or alludes to some meaning) for a user is much better (imo), like twitter with twits and birds, or reddit with read-it or lemmygrad as in lemmy/leningrad fusion, vox, verge, engadget, jacobin, current affairs, liberationnews, - they all have some slightly hidden or obvious meaning which tells their purpose alleged or not
While renaming is fine, why pick that name? Even through layer of obfuscation, it doesn’t fit (in my opinion obviously) and is not self-descriptive. Like lemmygrad describes what they are kinda well.
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While that’s true, people coming in future wont be liberals, liberals in usa would be sleeping for the next 2-4 years, more likely newcomers will be dissaffected lefty people when reddit bans other subreddits/does something else stupid, so name “edgyness” wouldn’t be a factor.
Zapatatraphouse for example is just as dumb chapotraphouse, but at least it says something to a lefty.
Prole.chat is also not a scary name for example, yet it gives much more indication of the site leaning
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Well that’s one layer of obfuscation, but if you know what it is - it fits. hexbear is some meta-meme, which doesn’t open up its meaning the same way, even if you know it’s origin, it’s stays static to the thing, it doesn’t capture essence. like hexbear could be just some animal images hosting and I wouldn’t blink
That's good though. The name is what we make it. It's not associated with a drug lord.
But like I agree the name change is probably good idea. I just think the end name is too abstract/decoupled from anything.
An abstract and decoupled name is good. We have a core user group that will direct the culture (as much as we try to influence it), so over time the name will come to mean something. Curiosity is a powerful driver.
But is it though? :Thor-doubt:
Abstract name which resolves into small inside joke (or alludes to some meaning) for a user is much better (imo), like twitter with twits and birds, or reddit with read-it or lemmygrad as in lemmy/leningrad fusion, vox, verge, engadget, jacobin, current affairs, liberationnews, - they all have some slightly hidden or obvious meaning which tells their purpose alleged or not
Check out this dope-ass bear.
So animal image hosting, as I said :hexbear-shining:
:hexbear: :hexbear-agender: :hexbear-aromantic: :hexbear-asexual: :hexbear-bi-2: :hexbear-bi: :hexbear-chapochat: :hexbear-demisexual: :hexbear-direct-action: :hexbear-gay-pride: :hexbear-genderfluid: :hex-crab-chapo: :hex-crab: :hex-moon: :hexbear-majora: :hexpeng: :hexshork: :hexbear-static: :angry-hex:
EDIT: people love animal hosting. Hopefully it will attract libs to convert.