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You've chosen a very unfortunate name for your project. While chattel is defined as "moveable personal property", the word has a very close association with sla

You've chosen a very unfortunate name for your project. While chattel is defined as "moveable personal property", the word has a very close association with slavery in America. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States

smalter 16y ago
i've done so purposefully, although probably in questionable taste. chattel.me is a play on the word chatter and the notion of persons as products. if people are products, they they deserve corresponding scrutiny and critique. (added stuff via edit there)
- tryagainagain 16y ago
  That was on purpose? You're just a lousy person. Do us all a favor, give yourself one star, then shut down your shitty 30 minute website.
JohnTitus 16y ago
The name made me think of cattle.
- smalter 16y ago
  yeah, and in that sense, the use of the word is somewhat "harmless" (although i don't think the name reflects any "harm"; i mean, slavery happened).
abecedarius 16y ago
Yep. suss.me is available -- I bought it when the .me domains first came out, thinking of something like this, but never did anything with it.
joe_the_user 16y ago
Yes, a dubious url indeed. But one that seems appropriate for the project at hand. It seems we've degenerated further than even cubeduel, where there was some criterion for slandering someone. Here, it's just a general opportunity to rip into that guy you've always been after... "i built chattel.me as a reaction to high school, consensus, the level of online activity as a measure of worth" Yeah, in high school, the folks whispering about you needed a perhaps minuscule amount of guts and connections to spread their rumors. Here, even that's gone... (you know that here, who votes you up or down is already anonymous ...)
- smalter 16y ago
  true. yet, for all the concern re libel and slander, none has yet to appear on the site. in fact, people just write about how great the other person is. i guess what they say is true: you get more flies with anonymous honey than with anonymous vinegar.

smalter 16y ago

i've done so purposefully, although probably in questionable taste. chattel.me is a play on the word chatter and the notion of persons as products. if people are products, they they deserve corresponding scrutiny and critique. (added stuff via edit there)

tryagainagain 16y ago
That was on purpose? You're just a lousy person. Do us all a favor, give yourself one star, then shut down your shitty 30 minute website.

JohnTitus 16y ago

The name made me think of cattle.

smalter 16y ago
yeah, and in that sense, the use of the word is somewhat "harmless" (although i don't think the name reflects any "harm"; i mean, slavery happened).

abecedarius 16y ago

Yep. suss.me is available -- I bought it when the .me domains first came out, thinking of something like this, but never did anything with it.

joe_the_user 16y ago

Yes, a dubious url indeed. But one that seems appropriate for the project at hand. It seems we've degenerated further than even cubeduel, where there was some criterion for slandering someone. Here, it's just a general opportunity to rip into that guy you've always been after... "i built chattel.me as a reaction to high school, consensus, the level of online activity as a measure of worth" Yeah, in high school, the folks whispering about you needed a perhaps minuscule amount of guts and connections to spread their rumors. Here, even that's gone... (you know that here, who votes you up or down is already anonymous ...)

smalter 16y ago
true. yet, for all the concern re libel and slander, none has yet to appear on the site. in fact, people just write about how great the other person is. i guess what they say is true: you get more flies with anonymous honey than with anonymous vinegar.