Ask HN: I made a JavaScript library called NippleJS and people are getting angry

#1

Post by YoannMoinet » Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:16 PM UTC

It all started with an issue on my library, https://github.com/yoannmoinet/nipplejs/issues/80 which is cool, because we can discuss about the issue and the point raised was fair IMHO.

But it all went to shit pretty quickly, so I locked the thread and decided not to change the name.

Now the guy is just insulting me on twitter.

https://twitter.com/lazerwalker/status/1054658757228195840 https://twitter.com/lazerwalker/status/1054768005249462272

I still think NippleJS is a funny and innocent name. Everybody has nipples, so it's pretty inclusive too.

I don't know anymore... is it? I'm really looking for advices on how to handle this before it goes sideways.

Sorry for the drama.

Re: Ask HN: I made a JavaScript library called NippleJS and people are getting angry

#2

Post by clamato » Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:23 PM UTC

Just ignore him. It's him who wants to create the drama.

Re: Ask HN: I made a JavaScript library called NippleJS and people are getting angry

#3

Post by YoannMoinet » Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:32 PM UTC

clamato wrote: post #2

Just ignore him. It's him who wants to create the drama.

Thanks! I'll do just that then.

Re: Ask HN: I made a JavaScript library called NippleJS and people are getting angry

#4

Post by room271 » Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:32 PM UTC

Yeah just ignore. His initial tweet ('precious white dudes...') is borderline racist even. Reading the github issue, you handled things well even if others didn't, regardless of the merits of renaming the library or not.

Re: Ask HN: I made a JavaScript library called NippleJS and people are getting angry

#5

Post by quickthrower2 » Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:44 PM UTC

Simple. It is called "compromise". Understand their concerns (they are valid IMO) and offer to change the logo but say you will keep the name for discoverability.

Using for example a baby bottle as your logo would be less offensive. IMO.

Re: Ask HN: I made a JavaScript library called NippleJS and people are getting angry

#6

Post by saluki » Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:44 PM UTC

y, sounds like it worked out, I think you handled it perfectly.

Nice work btw, I'll have to find a use for this.

Re: Ask HN: I made a JavaScript library called NippleJS and people are getting angry

#7

Post by YoannMoinet » Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:45 PM UTC

room271 wrote: post #4

Yeah just ignore. His initial tweet ('precious white dudes...') is borderline racist even. Reading the github issue, you handled things well even if others didn't, regardless of the merits of renaming the library or not.

Thank you, that's reassuring.

I'll proceed with ignorance then.

Re: Ask HN: I made a JavaScript library called NippleJS and people are getting angry

#8

Post by YoannMoinet » Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:52 PM UTC

quickthrower2 wrote: post #5

Simple. It is called "compromise". Understand their concerns (they are valid IMO) and offer to change the logo but say you will keep the name for discoverability. Using for example a baby bottle as your logo would be less offensive. IMO.

That's actually a good idea. I'll figure something out.

With the current logo I really wanted to integrate the actual output of the library, and it was fitting the name quite well, I thought.

Re: Ask HN: I made a JavaScript library called NippleJS and people are getting angry

#9

Post by YoannMoinet » Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 9:54 PM UTC

saluki wrote: post #6

y, sounds like it worked out, I think you handled it perfectly. Nice work btw, I'll have to find a use for this.

Thank you, it's old code, but it works :D

mostly.

Re: Ask HN: I made a JavaScript library called NippleJS and people are getting angry

#10

Post by rl3 » Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 10:33 PM UTC

>I still think NippleJS is a funny and innocent name. Everybody has nipples, so it's pretty inclusive too.

I agree. The entire situation is absurd. The advice to ignore the naysayer(s) seems to be the correct course of action.

That said, the original issue has some comedy gems in it which I feel are worth mentioning here:

https://github.com/yoannmoinet/nipplejs/issues/80#issuecomme...

and in a later post (different author):

"And if nipples really make you uncomfortable, maybe you should visit a professional? Today you can't run away from nipples, they are everywhere and you will just be more and more uncomfortable."