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I do not like the name.

• bartread 4y ago
  The comparison is with an alternative called "huggingface". At least "Tiktoken" gives some clue as to what the component is for.
  • rob74 4y ago
    When I first encountered huggingface (without having seen its logo), I had to think of these guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(creature_in_Alien_franchise)#Facehugger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(creature_in_Alien_franc... - so, by trying to pick a domain that sounded welcoming (and was still available), they achieved the exact opposite (at least in my case)...
  • charcircuit 4y ago
    This project has nothing to do with TikTok though
    • ianai 4y ago
      And the name implies there’s a connection. Which is problematic.
      • jraph 4y ago
        Of course, it's because you are not tokenizing it right. It's tik-token. (Could we say it is kind of a garden-path word?)
      • _Algernon_ 4y ago
        It really doesn't. Does every name that has "book" or "face" in the name, imply a connection to Facebook?
        • fragmede 4y ago
          Maybe not but Facebooker, Facebooked, Facebocker, and Facebooken all sound like they do.
          • _Algernon_ 4y ago
            In none of your examples the resulting words ("booked", "bocker", "booken") are common nouns which also happen to relate directly to the product. It is different for a tokeniser to include "token" in its name.
            • ianai 4y ago
              Which is clearly why they pointed out the use of the whole name of the service in both cases.
              • _Algernon_ 4y ago
                I'm aware they both include the full name. That was not the point I was making. Since the difference I was highlighting was unclear: facebook-ed: Includes the whole name, but nothing else. Obviously bad and not OK. tik-token: Includes the whole name. Also includes a generic common noun that relates to the product at hand, and is completely fine to include in the name. Appart from that "tik" can not be said to "imply a connection to tiktok". This is fine.
                • iwillbenice 4y ago
      • TechBro8615 4y ago
        I see "tiktok en" like en.wikipedia.org or microsoft.com/en
  • jeroenvlek 4y ago
    Huggingface is a lot more than just a tokenizer.
• thatguyagain 4y ago
  It's just a little humor
• DanSmooth 4y ago
  Same. A shame "Token McTokenface" seems to be already in use. What about "Sentence Splitter Upper"? More serious "qiktoken" would at least hint at the use for the package.