Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform

Why? If someone will not use an app because it has a silly sounding name, or because they're so immature that "butt" is objectionable to them, I'm happy not to have them bring that attitude into a social space I'm part of.

Re: Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform

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Post by rrix2 » Fri, Feb 23, 2024, 8:29 PM UTC

cutler wrote: post #3

Rethink the name. Seriously.

Yeah it should be something serious like The Face Book or Twitter or Tumblr or Orkut or X or something!!

Re: Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform

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Post by ssgodderidge » Fri, Feb 23, 2024, 8:29 PM UTC

cutler wrote: post #3

Rethink the name. Seriously.

> "The name, Scuttlebutt, came from sea-slang for gossip. Basically, like a watercooler on a ship, where sailors and pirates go have a yarn." [0]

Personally, I respect the effort to stand out in the sea (get it?) of social platforms.

[0] https://scuttlebutt.nz/about/

Re: Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform

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Post by thx » Fri, Feb 23, 2024, 8:41 PM UTC

i just want a HN social network :33

Re: Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform

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Post by nanomonkey » Fri, Feb 23, 2024, 8:42 PM UTC

cutler wrote: post #3

Rethink the name. Seriously.

Kinda too late, it's a 10 year old project. Besides, scuttlebutt is the name of the water barrel on a ship, and is synonymous with gossip. As a gossip protocol originally written by someone who lives on a ship, I think it's pretty fitting.