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As a native English-speaker in the US, the name seems problematic. "Kiter" is not a word and feels closer to a profanity rather than a reference to a kite. Fu
by pirate787 5y ago
As a native English-speaker in the US, the name seems problematic. "Kiter" is not a word and feels closer to a profanity rather than a reference to a kite. Further a "kite" doesn't have an aspirational metaphor in US-English-- in fact it is the opposite, "Go fly a kite" is a dismissive phrase. I don't think the name is viable.
- admangan 5y agoGood points. We are both avid kite surfers so did some word magic to come up with Kiter. We also wanted to emulate the image of having a string from your kite so you can have control. A tether from the traditional spray and pray method of applications to something grounded. But being a word wasn't high on our criteria list. For example Uber and Spanx both aren't words.
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- mcmeowerson 5y agoHave you heard of "kiting" before? Kiter seems like a great name in this context, having job prospects predictably chasing you rather than you hopelessly chasing them.
- Zababa 5y agoAs a non native english speaker, the name is perfectly fine. It's in the line of "er" names: twitter, tumblr, flickr. I'm glad they went with "Kiter" and not "Kitr".
- bogdanoff_2 5y ago"kiting" in the context of video games means continuously moving in and out of range of an enemy in order to hit it and and avoid being hit yourself.