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huge turn off for vegans...

by idibidiart 11y ago

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LePetitDev 11y ago
The naming, alone, was enough for me to chuckle and give the link a click.
dspillett 11y ago
When I get around to working on and publishing some personal projects I have in mind (well: if I ever get around to such things...) I'll be deliberately picking iffy names for two reasons: 1. I find it amusing to irritate people who are so easily irritated by that sort of thing (I know, I should poke bears, but...) 2. People not using the project because of the name acts as a self selection device for the userbase. The sort of people who care so much about the name are more likely to be the sort of users who are costly (or impossible) to try keep happy generally...
- tortoise_face 11y ago
  Why not care about a name? To someone who cares about animal rights the name "Meat!" and cute little pictures of steaks trivializes and normalizes something they might find abhorrent. You wouldn't name your app "Abortion!" and if you find yourself saying "well, that's far more offensive than 'Meat!'" then that's just you assuming your values apply to everyone. Also, there's a bit of a gap between being uncomfortable with something and being "impossible to keep happy". They can of course name their app whatever they want, but it seems to me that if you're selling something as innocuous as a git hosting platform that you'd do your best to distance yourself from something so needlessly alienating to potential customers.
  - dspillett 11y ago
    > Also, there's a bit of a gap between being uncomfortable with something and being "impossible to keep happy". In may experience (everybody else's may of course vary!) people who are easy to offend are also difficult to please. I deal with difficult people in my day job, I like a break from them in my personal projects! > but it seems to me that if you're selling something Now that is a significant point - once you are actively selling on an open market then commercial concerns (if nothing else) dictate you be careful about naming. Of course there is nothing to stop you haveing two names: the free-for-personal use "Agent Ransack" also goes by "File Locator Pro" for commercial licenses, presumably because the latter sounds more professional.
Kivlov84 11y ago
idibidiart, all vegans are most welcomed to Meat!, we make no exceptions! :) Alex from Meat!
moosey 11y ago
I'm a vegan and the name didn't "trigger" anything. That's anecdotal though, and I'm definitely not a militant vegan. Edit: thought I'd mention that 'meat' has many definitions, one being male genitalia. Also, possibly "The essence, substance, or gist" (had to look that up for good verbiage). If it was something more like "bovine slaughterhouse" then I probably wouldn't be interested in it at all.
tprus 11y ago
Cool, It's not for vegans :D I want to try it! I hope it's not for fruitarians too! I hope it's biiig juicy T-bone steak :)

huge turn off for vegans...

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LePetitDev 11y ago

The naming, alone, was enough for me to chuckle and give the link a click.

dspillett 11y ago

When I get around to working on and publishing some personal projects I have in mind (well: if I ever get around to such things...) I'll be deliberately picking iffy names for two reasons: 1. I find it amusing to irritate people who are so easily irritated by that sort of thing (I know, I should poke bears, but...) 2. People not using the project because of the name acts as a self selection device for the userbase. The sort of people who care so much about the name are more likely to be the sort of users who are costly (or impossible) to try keep happy generally...

tortoise_face 11y ago
Why not care about a name? To someone who cares about animal rights the name "Meat!" and cute little pictures of steaks trivializes and normalizes something they might find abhorrent. You wouldn't name your app "Abortion!" and if you find yourself saying "well, that's far more offensive than 'Meat!'" then that's just you assuming your values apply to everyone. Also, there's a bit of a gap between being uncomfortable with something and being "impossible to keep happy". They can of course name their app whatever they want, but it seems to me that if you're selling something as innocuous as a git hosting platform that you'd do your best to distance yourself from something so needlessly alienating to potential customers.
- dspillett 11y ago
  > Also, there's a bit of a gap between being uncomfortable with something and being "impossible to keep happy". In may experience (everybody else's may of course vary!) people who are easy to offend are also difficult to please. I deal with difficult people in my day job, I like a break from them in my personal projects! > but it seems to me that if you're selling something Now that is a significant point - once you are actively selling on an open market then commercial concerns (if nothing else) dictate you be careful about naming. Of course there is nothing to stop you haveing two names: the free-for-personal use "Agent Ransack" also goes by "File Locator Pro" for commercial licenses, presumably because the latter sounds more professional.

Kivlov84 11y ago

idibidiart, all vegans are most welcomed to Meat!, we make no exceptions! :) Alex from Meat!

moosey 11y ago

I'm a vegan and the name didn't "trigger" anything. That's anecdotal though, and I'm definitely not a militant vegan. Edit: thought I'd mention that 'meat' has many definitions, one being male genitalia. Also, possibly "The essence, substance, or gist" (had to look that up for good verbiage). If it was something more like "bovine slaughterhouse" then I probably wouldn't be interested in it at all.

tprus 11y ago

Cool, It's not for vegans :D I want to try it! I hope it's not for fruitarians too! I hope it's biiig juicy T-bone steak :)