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Back before Google was huge, no-one used any of the other popular search engine names as a synonym for 'searched the world wide web'. We didn't say "I Yahoo!'d

Back before Google was huge, no-one used any of the other popular search engine names as a synonym for 'searched the world wide web'. We didn't say "I Yahoo!'d for recipes", or "I Excited the latest film releases". We can go back.

hnlmorg 7mo ago
The point isn’t that we can’t use generic adverbs. It’s that DDG’s name makes it unrealistic to use their brand as an adverb, which loses them more exposure.
- x______________ 7mo ago
  So you're saying we are returning to normalcy without adding a corporate term to our every day language? "I searched the net and found..“
  - hnlmorg 7mo ago
    As I’ve said twice already now: DDG is a shitty name for those of us might want to use the company name as a verb. My comment is no more profound than that. I’m not making any comment about social norms. And nor am I saying it’s impossible to describe searching for content online without “verbing” the company name. I’m just saying DDG is hard to use as a verb. Edit: I did say “adverb” in my previous comment. Obviously I meant “verb”. My painkillers hadn’t kicked in yet so excuse the faux pas there.
    - x______________ 7mo ago
      In my experience, I've introduced DGG* to some colleagues and friends and later on, the feedback received was "I now use DGG". Not everything needs to be a jingle I suppose.. https://dgg.gg https://dgg.gg for those who prefer it better than ddg :)
      - hnlmorg 7mo ago
        > In my experience, I've introduced DGG* to some colleagues and friends and later on, the feedback received was "I now use DGG" I use DDG too, but that’s not the point of the original comment. > Not everything needs to be a jingle I suppose.. While true, what’s also true is that jingles exist precisely because they are effective messaging. And DDG is missing out on that. Hence the comments about verbing.
  - Fnoord 7mo ago
    The net would lead me to ask: which net? Network? The proper term would be the world-wide web (WWW).
- qbane 7mo ago
  cf. Kagi is a good take
ok123456 7mo ago
They did "Ask Jeeves about" it.
- junon 7mo ago
  Around the same time I do distinctly remember "babelfish it" for translations too.

hnlmorg 7mo ago

The point isn’t that we can’t use generic adverbs. It’s that DDG’s name makes it unrealistic to use their brand as an adverb, which loses them more exposure.

x______________ 7mo ago
So you're saying we are returning to normalcy without adding a corporate term to our every day language? "I searched the net and found..“
- hnlmorg 7mo ago
  As I’ve said twice already now: DDG is a shitty name for those of us might want to use the company name as a verb. My comment is no more profound than that. I’m not making any comment about social norms. And nor am I saying it’s impossible to describe searching for content online without “verbing” the company name. I’m just saying DDG is hard to use as a verb. Edit: I did say “adverb” in my previous comment. Obviously I meant “verb”. My painkillers hadn’t kicked in yet so excuse the faux pas there.
  - x______________ 7mo ago
    In my experience, I've introduced DGG* to some colleagues and friends and later on, the feedback received was "I now use DGG". Not everything needs to be a jingle I suppose.. https://dgg.gg https://dgg.gg for those who prefer it better than ddg :)
    - hnlmorg 7mo ago
      > In my experience, I've introduced DGG* to some colleagues and friends and later on, the feedback received was "I now use DGG" I use DDG too, but that’s not the point of the original comment. > Not everything needs to be a jingle I suppose.. While true, what’s also true is that jingles exist precisely because they are effective messaging. And DDG is missing out on that. Hence the comments about verbing.
- Fnoord 7mo ago
  The net would lead me to ask: which net? Network? The proper term would be the world-wide web (WWW).
qbane 7mo ago
cf. Kagi is a good take

ok123456 7mo ago

They did "Ask Jeeves about" it.

junon 7mo ago
Around the same time I do distinctly remember "babelfish it" for translations too.