Poop [none/use name]

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Cake day: November 2nd, 2020

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  • Poop [none/use name]toPost Cats On Main*Permanently Deleted*
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    4 years ago

    I feel like people didn't really take it seriously because before like 3 days ago it didn't seem like it was a set-in-stone decision. If you said "We're renaming the site, you have two weeks to give ideas", people could come up with some really creative stuff. There's 14k people here, I bet at least one of us has an idea that a majority likes.
    Literally the last OP saying we should rename the sight I saw before today was a person who said that parents should be randomly selected, like if the discourse happens there no ones gonna take it seriously lol
    At the end of the day people just like to feel included in the decision making process :)


  • The real point I guess I have been dancing around is why not simply ask for input that we are happy to provide if asked? Whenever this has been brought up in the past I gave the same shpiel about what I think the name should be but it feels like no one listened (I get no one would listen to one user personally but you know what I mean)



  • Poop [none/use name]toPost Cats On Main*Permanently Deleted*
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    4 years ago

    Why not keep the branding but just let people buy domain names if they want and do a poll again (since the last one was on a different platform and nine months ago)? The name doesn't have to be the same as the logo


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    4 years ago

    [Prefacing by saying this is entirely in good faith, I've been using this site & the sub on a few different alts since 2017]

    At the same time, naming ourselves hexbear.net (or some derivative of hexbear) was a very popular second choice when we voted on a URL back before the site opened

    1. Why not just do another poll instead of vaguely going off what different people said on the discord in July?
    2. Why did some members of the dev team respond to users trying to give valid criticism with mockery like posting them on r/copypasta, telling them to go log off, and saying "don't care" or "too bad" or things to that effect? I get that there are a lot of trolls/wreckers, but it rubs people the wrong way when it seems like the mods are attacking the users. It also makes me feel kind of condescended to because it implies we are too stupid to make a good decision.
      Cheers


  • Poop [none/use name]toPost Cats On Main*Permanently Deleted*
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    For what its worth I have participated in some threads about the name and the vibe of the replies from sitemods/admins was always "Good points but we're gonna do this anyways"
    Not to mention the fact that the most recent one I saw was literally a nazi-malthusian troll advocating FOR the name change



  • Poop [none/use name]touserunion*Permanently Deleted*
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    4 years ago

    I think the issue is that this Site has different meanings for different people. If no one bothers to advertise no one will come to the site, it doesn't matter what the name is. I just sort of view this as a shitposting forum, I don't think there is much real praxis potential on a website with 14k people on it that isn't local to anywhere, although if you do view it in such a manner, that's fine with me. I would (if it was up to me) pick a name as obvious as possible, like "lefttalk" or "socialistchat" or something like that. Imo thats the best option to satisfy both camps.