Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six participants

Re:Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six par... by noobermin on Monday February 10, 2020 @09:40PM (#22295510)

Not quite a copyright concern but wouldn't this get confused with the island[0]?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yap

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Re:Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six par... by servercobra on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @01:32AM (#22296537)

I think with context it will be pretty apparent whether you're talking about islands in the Pacific/Micronesia or a real time chat room.

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Re:Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six par... by aabbcc1241 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:55AM (#22296845)

Java is also a place name

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Re:Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six par... by jobigoud on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @05:10AM (#22297350)

Amazon is also a place name.

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Re:Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six par... by skrebbel on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:57AM (#22296854)

I crack up every time I see the Java logo, a cup of coffee. I honestly doubt they knew it was an island with hundreds of millions of inhabitants when they picked that name.

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Re:Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six par... by lainga on Monday February 10, 2020 @10:00PM (#22295630)

Not a chance, if Alphabet can call a molten salt power storage spinoff "Malta" (and really, really drive home the point that they were coming up with names by spitballing random "molten"-like sounds)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-19/gates-bez...

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Re:Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six par... by trhway on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:18AM (#22296708)

i think not until they decide to add a Yap token with PoW based on stone chiseling.

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Re:Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six par... by King-Aaron on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:39AM (#22296778)

I've literally never heard of this island until now.

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Re:Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six par... by webpaymentsguy on Monday February 10, 2020 @09:47PM (#22295553)

Honestly, they should embrace it. Change the Yap logo to the outline of the island. Turn an abysmal oversight into a piece of marketing lore.

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