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As somebody who thinks messaging is everything, I must protest this name as bad marketing surrounding a potentially good product. Insects evoke in humans a visc
by dongslol 10y ago
As somebody who thinks messaging is everything, I must protest this name as bad marketing surrounding a potentially good product. Insects evoke in humans a visceral feeling of disgust and sickness. If my work tools were ever being audited I would not be able to explain to my boss why there I am employing an "insect" in my computer.
First impressions are everything. Please see in "The Psychology of Human Misjudgment" the excellent description of humans' "Influence-from-Mere-Association Tendency." The technical merits of a product will not matter if people can't get past their initial feelings. This is highly inconsiderate.
Until the name is swapped out for a more sensible one, I will not be downloading this software.
- anamexis 10y agoThere's a certain irony in this rant coming from 'dongslol'.
- dongslol 10y agoWell, loldongs was taken!
- noxToken 10y agoI agree with you in a sense. Insect is a repl for a scientific calculator. It's hosted on shark.fish. None of those lend indication that it's a repl or used for scientific calculation. That's fine, but neither of them are memorable in their own right if someone wanted to return to it without a bookmark. I don't expect Insect to become a ubiquitous name for college students needing a scientific calculator on the go, but it's a trend/fad/thing that happens with other products who want to break into a certain namespace.
- dongslol 10y agoUpdate: HISTORY IS ON MY SIDE https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13663037 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13663037