| > Why get bent out of shape over the name of a software project? It's virtually a meaningless factor in day-to-day life. A lot of people do care about what things (living or not) are named and even how, sometimes and attach a lot of emotional value to it for a good reason. Quoting Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_naming#Principles - They strategically distinguish the product from its competitors by conveying its unique positioning. - They hold appeal for the product’s target audience. - They imply or evoke a salient brand attribute, quality or benefit. - They allow companies to bond with their customers to create loyalty. - They have a symbolic association that fortifies the image of a company or a product to the consumers. - They help motivate customers to buy the product. I'm sorry but claiming that an uncomfortable discussion on a project's name is not the response one wants to see is exactly what turns this into an echo chamber? To be noted how discussion on a product's technical merits isn't mutually exclusive to discussion on its naming. Both could easily be had, and both have their places, because I don't particularly think either is off-topic. In fact, a previous news.yc thread on this product brought up a similar line of discussion. I guess one could argue the discussion is counter-productive in a technical forum, but I don't think one should avoid it just because... unless the community rules explicitly state so. Technical people aren't robots, at least not yet. |
I'm arguing that the naming of a thing matters less than the efficacy of the thing itself. Doubly so in a hacker-oriented forum.
As for the echo-chamber, that's a classic human fallacy which I think is magnified by the centralization of content aggregation into heavily personalized "newsfeed" style design choices perpetuated by major players.
The epidemic of "outrage culture," or "offense culture" is something comedians and free thinkers have been discussing for awhile, and I think is underpinning of my personal frustrations.
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"This idea of "I'm offended". I've got news for you - I'm offended by a lot of things too. Where do I send my list? Life is offensive. Get in touch with your outer adult, and grow up, and move on."
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Post, comment, discuss as y'all like, right? That's the beauty of the format. I'm simply one of ∞.
The folks in the community here are brilliant, and the reasonable ones are off doing something meaningful, whereas I'm here arguing for practice, basically.