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Everyone here is focused on the tech and I'm here wondering how I'm supposed to convince my friends and family to join me on something called Scuttlebutt.

oli-g 3y ago
Someone at last, thank you!!
kstrauser 3y ago
The name was the part I liked best! "Scuttlebutt" is a naval term for a water keg, and it became slang for conversation around the watering hole. In other words, it was gossip around the water cooler from before we had water coolers.
- Solvency 3y ago
  ...and this is why 99% of niche developer attempts don't flourish into the next big social network. Might as well call it "Codswallop", which is also a valid historical slang that is equally completely ridiculous for mass appeal.
  - megous 3y ago
    Yeah, yahoo and google is very meaningful on the other hand.
    - dewey 3y ago
      They are short, memorable and don’t have “butt” in the name.
      - kstrauser 3y ago
        I currently have halibut baking in the oven with garlic butter, and butternut squash soup. I love a good dumb butt joke, but not everything with the substring butt in it is automatically funny or reminiscent of butts.
        corobo 3y ago
        Correct, it has to be at the end to be funny. Halibut is already a terrible name for a social network but if it wasn't it may indeed be a little bit bumular (although in my accent at least you don't really end in a butt, it's more a "bit", maybe you could get away with it)
        dewey 3y ago
        But you are also not trying to convince people to try yet another social media concept named “butternut”.
  - ErikBjare 3y ago
    It was never meant to. It was founded by a guy who lived on his boat and wanted something for his friends. It became a hotbed for experimenting with P2P social networks, for a time.
  - beAbU 3y ago
    You honestly saying you've never heard of the term scuttlebutt? Like "what's the latest gossip/scuttlebutt". I've never associated this term with being nerdy or niche.
  - rakoo 3y ago
    ...and this is why 99% of developers will defend for-profit companies stealing data, enabling mass genocides and foregoing all privacy: because everything must become the next big XXX.
- ahazred8ta 3y ago
  Yes, an actual literal 'gossip protocol' named Scuttlebutt. Unpardonable. /s
beAbU 3y ago
Scuttlebutt is a brilliant name for a social network. It's right up there in the "why didn't I think of that" territory.

oli-g 3y ago

Someone at last, thank you!!

kstrauser 3y ago

The name was the part I liked best! "Scuttlebutt" is a naval term for a water keg, and it became slang for conversation around the watering hole. In other words, it was gossip around the water cooler from before we had water coolers.

Solvency 3y ago
...and this is why 99% of niche developer attempts don't flourish into the next big social network. Might as well call it "Codswallop", which is also a valid historical slang that is equally completely ridiculous for mass appeal.
- megous 3y ago
  Yeah, yahoo and google is very meaningful on the other hand.
  - dewey 3y ago
    They are short, memorable and don’t have “butt” in the name.
    - kstrauser 3y ago
      I currently have halibut baking in the oven with garlic butter, and butternut squash soup. I love a good dumb butt joke, but not everything with the substring butt in it is automatically funny or reminiscent of butts.
      - corobo 3y ago
        Correct, it has to be at the end to be funny. Halibut is already a terrible name for a social network but if it wasn't it may indeed be a little bit bumular (although in my accent at least you don't really end in a butt, it's more a "bit", maybe you could get away with it)
      - dewey 3y ago
        But you are also not trying to convince people to try yet another social media concept named “butternut”.
- ErikBjare 3y ago
  It was never meant to. It was founded by a guy who lived on his boat and wanted something for his friends. It became a hotbed for experimenting with P2P social networks, for a time.
- beAbU 3y ago
  You honestly saying you've never heard of the term scuttlebutt? Like "what's the latest gossip/scuttlebutt". I've never associated this term with being nerdy or niche.
- rakoo 3y ago
  ...and this is why 99% of developers will defend for-profit companies stealing data, enabling mass genocides and foregoing all privacy: because everything must become the next big XXX.
ahazred8ta 3y ago
Yes, an actual literal 'gossip protocol' named Scuttlebutt. Unpardonable. /s

beAbU 3y ago

Scuttlebutt is a brilliant name for a social network. It's right up there in the "why didn't I think of that" territory.