Re:Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform
by simonw on Friday February 23, 2024 @07:00PM
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Some things really can buck the trend - ChatGPT is a _terrible_ name but provided so much obvious utility that it managed to reach a large consumer market despite that.
Re:Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform
by ziddoap on Friday February 23, 2024 @07:16PM
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ChatGPT and Scuttlebutt are both bad names, sure, but in completely distinct ways.
Re:Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform
by rzzzt on Saturday February 24, 2024 @04:53AM
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FlexGallery could work... the rest are Java class names.
Re:Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform
by filoleg on Sunday February 25, 2024 @01:18PM
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Actually agreed about FlexGallery, now that I am thinking about it.
As for the rest, they just miss [...]Factory and [...]Controller prefixes, and then they truly would become typical Java classes.
Just because the name says exactly what the product does and what it's for, that doesn't automatically mean it is good. In fact, imo it is bad in a lot of cases.
Do you think Instagram would have gotten as popular if it was named FlexGallery, or if Nextdoor was named SpreadRumorsActVaguelyRacistForum, or if Twitter/X was named PopularityContestShortMessagesAndBadNewsSourceSpaceWithSomePorn?
I personally would say "no" to all of those, and it isn't just because the names get unnecessarily long and ugly. McDonalds would never rename itself to Cheap Passable Fast Food Restaurant.