Show HN: Tampon - an open source Buffer app

Post by MartinCron » Thu, Sep 06, 2012, 3:52 PM UTC

manuscreationis wrote: post #13

My first thought was "With a name like that, won't people be a little embarrassed to say they're using it?" Then I realized I need to grow up, as I wouldn't have batted an eye if it were called Jock Strap or something inherently male in nature. Bit of a disconnect between the "meaning" of the name and the logo, but again, part of this may boil down to my own level of discomfort/unfamiliarity with products that women…

Post by julien_c » Thu, Sep 06, 2012, 3:52 PM UTC

trimbo wrote: post #16

manuscreationis wrote: post #13

My first thought was "With a name like that, won't people be a little embarrassed to say they're using it?" Then I realized I need to grow up, as I wouldn't have batted an eye if it were called Jock Strap or something inherently male in nature. Bit of a disconnect between the "meaning" of the name and the logo, but again, part of this may boil down to my own level of discomfort/unfamiliarity with products that women…

I doubt people are outraged. I know for myself, I don't care what he wants to do. I just think he should rename it if he wants to be taken seriously.

Post by NathanKP » Thu, Sep 06, 2012, 3:53 PM UTC

sync wrote: post #12

julien_c wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are only about 40 or so actual lines of PHP (just a simple REST API handler). The background daemon is based on PHP-Daemon too, which is actually surprisingly robust and efficient.

40 or so lines? I'm sorry, what? https://github.com/julien-c/Tampon/tree/master/api Also, I don't think this counts as security: if (strlen($id) == 24) { // Looks like a valid MongoId Edit: this looks bad too: $post = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);

Post by MartinCron » Thu, Sep 06, 2012, 3:55 PM UTC

lignuist wrote: post #20

MartinCron wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps it's a hopelessly misguided attempt to encourage women to get involved with the project, but I think it's just an attempt to grab attention via shock value. Cringeworthy.

I don't think women get attracted to the name (just because they are women). I think it's more for people with a sense of humor.

Post by greengirl512 » Thu, Sep 06, 2012, 3:56 PM UTC

cobrausn wrote: post #18

trimbo wrote: post #4

Rename it.

Agreed. You wouldn't be the first - Enron's first logo apparently looked like an obscene gesture in Italy even though it was perfectly acceptable in the states, so they changed it. Also, apparently they were originally called 'Enteron', but that approximated a Greek word referring to the intestines. So, in short, if your market is global (and it is), try and go with a word that doesn't have any additional connotation…