"Tampon"? Seriously? Trying to be edgy?
Tampon is French for Buffer. I think this is funny.
Sure, sure. But the logo is of a Tampon, the feminine hygiene product, so the connotation is in English.
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I think it's more for people with a sense of humor More accurately: "for tone-deaf people with a seventh-grade sense of humor"
"seventh-grade sense of humor"
Even if this would be the case: is this a bad thing?
Why so serious?
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#33Twitter.com stopped showing the user-agent last week. This project turns that into a positive.
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#34My 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 wouldn't have batted an eye if it were called Jock Strap or something inherently male in nature Really? I would totally cringe at something called "Jock Strap" or "scrotum" or "foreskin". Tampon isn't just a feminine word like "flower" or "butterfly", it's biological and personal . "Anal Probe" is gender-neutral neutral term that also feels inappropriate because of its personal and biological nature.
I feel like your counter examples were fairly over the top.
He didn't name it "Labia" or "Clitoris", he named it after a product that females use for hygienic purposes. I can't really think of a particular brand of male-genital-hygiene products off the top of my head (that aren't also used in other areas, ie: hair trimmers or washes), so I went with something as similar as I could that served a single unique purpose.
I'm not saying I'd see a product named Jock Strap and say "Wow, that's a great name!". My point was, the initial shock value of the name wore off once I realized I wasn't in the third grade anymore and it was just the name of a product that ~50% of the worlds population makes use of on a regular basis. A shock value that would not have been there for me had the name been something like Jock Strap, which would be a product that I'd be more comfortable making quips and jokes about.
Also, "Flower" and "Butterfly" are feminine words now?
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
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);
There is nothing wrong with either of those two lines of code provided that they are not the only layers of security. Checking to see if an ID is of the right length is a good way to filter out miss formated ID's early. And the JSON decoding statement is a pretty standard way to get the JSON body out of the request and into an associative array. Of course you will need to validate that it has the right format now, pr…
Looks to me like they just insert the JSON body directly into Mongo without any sort of further validation:
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#36"Tampon"? Seriously? Trying to be edgy?
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.
The first thing I thought when I saw this was "Great, another silly project name, but now everyone's going to feel awkward saying it." I'm the first to crack jokes on the team, but I don't need my co-workers giggling my direction every time they need to mention it. Not to mention that some [dev] environments aren't very considerate of women/women's issues, and it has the potential (if referenced in/as a joke) to make some people really uncomfortable. Just not worth it.
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#37My 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 wouldn't have batted an eye if it were called Jock Strap or something inherently male in nature Really? I would totally cringe at something called "Jock Strap" or "scrotum" or "foreskin". Tampon isn't just a feminine word like "flower" or "butterfly", it's biological and personal . "Anal Probe" is gender-neutral neutral term that also feels inappropriate because of its personal and biological nature.
Am I the only one that checked to see if analprobe.com was registered?
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#38Terrible name, you should definitely change it. It might get you attention and have some shock value at the start but it's going to look stupid eventually (if it doesn't already). Same goes for the logo. I understand it's 'buffer' in French but major companies go out of their way to ensure their product name translates well in the major languages. You should too.
Apart from that, it seems like a good product.
EDIT: Another reason to rename - If I'm on a shared computer I don't want 'tampon' all over the internet history.
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#39"Tampon means Buffer in French :)" I guess the logo transfers as well.
Tweets are now menstrual blood. Tampon helps you stock up on them.
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#40My 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'm a woman, and I think this needs to be renamed (and given a new logo, stat). Not because tampons make me uncomfortable, but because it seems like a cheap ploy to get attention, and it makes it more difficult for me to take the app seriously on its own merits.
I also agree it makes it harder to take the app on its own merits with a name that seems like such an obvious attention grab.
My point was mainly one of self reflection