Has Amazon Ruined the Name Alexa?

Post by ldayley » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 10:48 PM UTC

ghaff wrote: post #14

azurezyq wrote: post #7

I think this sentence is kind of BS: > Having been the 32nd most popular name for girls born in 2015, Alexa's rank dropped to 139th in 2019, the lowest it's been since 1992. Thanks for the link provided by adjkant below, here's the ranks per year: 2019 139 2018 90 2017 65 2016 51 2015 32 2014 63 2013 60 2012 57 2011 55 2010 50 2009 43 2008 50 2007 40 2006 39 2005 66 2004 72 2003 67 2002 69 2001 78 2000 87 I agree tha…

Baby name wizard has Alexa peaking in the 1990s when combined with various other related names. [1] The specific Alexa variant peaked in 2015 but that's in the context of the related names as a whole declining precipitously, albeit not to pre-80s levels. I must admit that a reason for the popularity spike doesn't pop to mind but presumably there's some pop culture thing I'm not thinking of. [1] https://www.babynamewi…

Post by koolba » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 10:49 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #26

afavour wrote: post #18

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I know an Alexa and she says the same. I'll admit I hadn't thought about it before but it does sound like an incredibly annoying thing to have dropped on you from on high: constant jokes, if anyone addresses you in an Amazon-enabled home all kind of crap gets triggered... I can see why people are infuriated by it.

It's like "Karen", but in this case the blame for misuse lies on a single company rather than a meme. We shouldn't abuse people's names by using them for products, gross generalizations, etc. It's poor taste, and it frequently hurts people unintentionally. Imagine your own name being used as a term for ridicule or poking fun. It's not a good feeling.

Post by whoisjuan » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 10:51 PM UTC

Post by camjohnson26 » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 10:54 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #26

afavour wrote: post #18

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I know an Alexa and she says the same. I'll admit I hadn't thought about it before but it does sound like an incredibly annoying thing to have dropped on you from on high: constant jokes, if anyone addresses you in an Amazon-enabled home all kind of crap gets triggered... I can see why people are infuriated by it.

It's like "Karen", but in this case the blame for misuse lies on a single company rather than a meme. We shouldn't abuse people's names by using them for products, gross generalizations, etc. It's poor taste, and it frequently hurts people unintentionally. Imagine your own name being used as a term for ridicule or poking fun. It's not a good feeling.

Post by throw14082020 » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 10:56 PM UTC

justtocomment wrote: post #29

cadence- wrote: post #23

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We use the name Lexi instead.

It's interesting how we twist our behaviour to accomodate the technology and not the other way around. What worked great for us was not buying the thing in the first place.