• xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    well if just watched Johnny Pneumonic, you’d know that a dolphin is the best animal for navigating files.
    (seriously, watch it).
    “explorer” is the name for the windows file MANAGER… but still, whatever name they choose could reflect the thing it does a little better.
    while we’re on it, the name “Lemmy” is terrible for this app. Sure, the musician is cool… but has nothing to do with it, and i think a big thing holding it back. (as far as social animals go, Lemmings have a terrible fake legend about running off cliffs together… they don’t do that, but it’s what most people think about).

    e.g. Mastodon has been around for years, is actually really federated, not owned by a corporation, and a lot more features than BlueSky… but bluesky already has more users and i think largely because: marketing… how are people going to talk about “Mastodon” when they’ve probably never even heard the word before? (also named after a cool band, but not suitable for the masses).
    GIMP is an awful name…
    these things usually start as one person’s pet project, and they name it what they want… which is fine but once it starts to gain traction, they should rebrand it.

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      17 hours ago

      e.g. Mastodon has been around for years, is actually really federated, not owned by a corporation, and a lot more features than BlueSky… but bluesky already has more users and i think largely because: marketing… how are people going to talk about “Mastodon” when they’ve probably never even heard the word before? (also named after a cool band, but not suitable for the masses).

      Also fewer syllables, which apparently has a noticeable impact.