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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 the

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.