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by ZiggyCrane 2826 days ago
Yeah, I would use it if they change their name. IT feels like kid came up with it.
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> I would use it if they change their name. Sure, the name might not be the catchiest one, but shouldn't be things like ethics, usability/functionality and so on way above this? Dropping something because it has a bad name seems odd. Even if it has a ""bad"" name, people would come up with a catchy phrase for it sooner or later. It just has to get rolling - for which the name might be contra productive, that's right.
As opposed to Google, a name that came from a spelling mistake?

https://www.webcitation.org/68ubHzYs7?url=http://graphics.st...

Or Bing, an onomatopoeia?

https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Microsoft-name-their-search-en...