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As a German, this name evokes feelings of nostalgia and tense anticipation
by mikojan 5y ago
As a German, this name evokes feelings of nostalgia and tense anticipation
- derekzhouzhen 5y agoPlease enlighten me. I am at a disadvantage here.
- mynegation 5y agoSS. Paramilitary units of Nazi Germany known for their brutality, oppression, and crimes against humanity. AirSS is of course play on RSS, but I also could immediately see how it can be read as Air SS.
- derekzhouzhen 5y agoOh my.
- mynegation 5y agoYeah, sorry. I understand it is your project. Kudos for making it and showing it to the outside world! Tiny RSS needs some competition. One of the reasons you publish the open source project is so that people can find bugs. Sometimes bugs are going to be in the name. Keep hacking!
- edoceo 5y agoMay I suggest - AirStream (may be overloaded) - AirFeed
- totoglazer 5y agoWas my immediate thought as well.
- derekzhouzhen 5y agoI changed the capitalization so the name is Airss now. Hopefully this should reduce the negative association.
- newby 5y agoThat kind of sounds like the british "arse" in my mind. Better than the SS one though. I am not trying to be negative, my intention is to provide feedback.
- derekzhouzhen 5y agoI think that's ok; it is just a mild curse word that may even make a funny conversation: "what are you doing?" "I am covering my Airss for the morning" (go through my news feed)
- newby 5y agoExactly my thought - the first association that popped into my mind was that it is some kid of airborne SS unit. I am not a German but I am of eastern European origin and I would say having capitalized SS in your name would not be good idea here.
- gjvnq 5y agoNot even German and I too imeaditely thought that the name was a bad idea.