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Re:Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and... by smacktoward on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @12:21PM (#14498432)
The problem is it explains to the wrong audience -- the overlap in the Venn diagram of "people who know what CRM means" and "people looking for a lightweight, open-source personal tracking application" feels like it'd be pretty small.

Since the app has a person's name anyway, I'd suggest abandoning acronyms entirely and making up something that sounds like a job title: e.g. "Monica, your Personal Assistant." (Which is an actual job title, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_assistant)

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Re:Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and... by robinhood on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @12:29PM (#14498517)
That makes sense. Definitely. I bet most people outside of hacker news have no idea of what a CRM is.
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Re:Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and... by lucb1e on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @05:50PM (#14501714)
Just as a datapoint, my girlfriend drew a blank today when I brought it up. Also because I used to have a file for people, including her, as a test to see if I could keep track of people that I care about better; so this was right up my alley :-)
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Re:Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and... by mkl on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @01:16AM (#14503918)
I've been on HN for years and I had to look it up. I think it's the wrong metaphor.
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