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I happen to know the person who first came up with that when Flickr was looking for a name. He feels bad about it, so I try to keep my teasing down to once ever

I happen to know the person who first came up with that when Flickr was looking for a name. He feels bad about it, so I try to keep my teasing down to once every few years.

bigiain 4y ago
If I Venmoed you $10 would you tease him about it this weekend?
- DonHopkins 4y ago
  Transfr both of us a fivr and we'll badgr and pestr him in tandm!
DonHopkins 4y ago
You mean Nb? I oftn vx that derangd mothr fuckr furthr than he deservs. ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11415473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11415473 >I am looking forward to the day that AP starts replacing the missing penultimate "e"'s in the poorly spelled names of companies that were too cheap to buy the correct domain name, like Flickr and Flattr. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11526636 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11526636 >What really impresses me about Viber is the way they went all out and splurged with an honest to god penultimate "e" before the final "r". Most dot-com companies would have settled for "Vibr", but they went the distance and bought an authentic luxurious vowel, precisely where it was called for, without going overboard and throwing in a sometimes-vowel "y" in place of the "i". Very bold and straightforward spelling, I must say. Color me impressed! >>Viber is an Israeli company, don't be so judgmental of their poor startup spelling skills. >>>No, you misunderstand: I am truly and earnestly impressed by their good spelling, not criticizing any bad grammar. If they'd named it "Vybr," it would have come off like Steve Buscemie holding a skateboard over his shoulder wearing a MUSIC BAND t-shirt, desperately trying to appeal to the youth demographic. >>>>Read that one again with </sarcasm> at the end :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14489564 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14489564 >The fact that its name is missing the penultimate "e" should have clued people in that it was an over-hyped up sham. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16822776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16822776 >2004 called. They want their missing penultimate "e" back. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19483596 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19483596 >I dunno -- the name "credder" sounds much more authoritative and trustworthy to me than "spidr", because they didn't leave out the penultimate "e". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29068627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29068627 >At least he didn't call it "Canvasr"! The missing-penultimate-e-suffix is so tird, not wird.
- wpietri 4y ago
  I do indeed. Glad to know more people are aware of his crime against humanity.

I happen to know the person who first came up with that when Flickr was looking for a name. He feels bad about it, so I try to keep my teasing down to once every few years.

bigiain 4y ago

If I Venmoed you $10 would you tease him about it this weekend?

DonHopkins 4y ago
Transfr both of us a fivr and we'll badgr and pestr him in tandm!

DonHopkins 4y ago

You mean Nb? I oftn vx that derangd mothr fuckr furthr than he deservs. ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11415473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11415473 >I am looking forward to the day that AP starts replacing the missing penultimate "e"'s in the poorly spelled names of companies that were too cheap to buy the correct domain name, like Flickr and Flattr. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11526636 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11526636 >What really impresses me about Viber is the way they went all out and splurged with an honest to god penultimate "e" before the final "r". Most dot-com companies would have settled for "Vibr", but they went the distance and bought an authentic luxurious vowel, precisely where it was called for, without going overboard and throwing in a sometimes-vowel "y" in place of the "i". Very bold and straightforward spelling, I must say. Color me impressed! >>Viber is an Israeli company, don't be so judgmental of their poor startup spelling skills. >>>No, you misunderstand: I am truly and earnestly impressed by their good spelling, not criticizing any bad grammar. If they'd named it "Vybr," it would have come off like Steve Buscemie holding a skateboard over his shoulder wearing a MUSIC BAND t-shirt, desperately trying to appeal to the youth demographic. >>>>Read that one again with </sarcasm> at the end :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14489564 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14489564 >The fact that its name is missing the penultimate "e" should have clued people in that it was an over-hyped up sham. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16822776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16822776 >2004 called. They want their missing penultimate "e" back. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19483596 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19483596 >I dunno -- the name "credder" sounds much more authoritative and trustworthy to me than "spidr", because they didn't leave out the penultimate "e". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29068627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29068627 >At least he didn't call it "Canvasr"! The missing-penultimate-e-suffix is so tird, not wird.

wpietri 4y ago
I do indeed. Glad to know more people are aware of his crime against humanity.