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minus-squarexor@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoi wish open source developers would pick better names… lemmy, diaspora, mastodon, gimp, linux… it’s nearly impossible to talk about this stuff to a non nerd… i think half of Bluesky’s success is due to it being much easier to talk about.
minus-squaremuelltonne@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYou have a point, but let’s not pretend that Google, Meta, Twitter, X, TikTok or AliExpress are better names. Companies also have really weird names
i wish open source developers would pick better names… lemmy, diaspora, mastodon, gimp, linux…
it’s nearly impossible to talk about this stuff to a non nerd…
i think half of Bluesky’s success is due to it being much easier to talk about.
You have a point, but let’s not pretend that Google, Meta, Twitter, X, TikTok or AliExpress are better names. Companies also have really weird names