On Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 10:10:48 AM UTC-8, Mohammad wrote: > > Like Mark, I believe while renaming does not solve some problems people > raised here! > But keeping the current Name also will not help to solve those problems. >
There are many applications and websites that have silly names (Google, Twitter, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Twitch) or are portmanteaus composed of word fragments or combinations (GMail, Instagram, Wikipedia, Pinterest, WordPress) or deliberate misspellings (Reddit="read it", Imgur="imager"). Some names are completely arbitrary and have nothing at all to do with the site purpose (Amazon, eBay, Tumblr, Bing). There's even names that have unfortunate use of unsavory or perjorative terms (GitHub - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(slang)) or use words that are the opposite of their intended purpose (Discord="to disagree or lack harmony" vs Discourse="written or spoken communication or debate") I do not believe that changing the name of TiddlyWiki will have any meaningful effect on the rate of adoption. There is a crowd of similarly-named "wiki" systems ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_software) and if anything, the distinctive name makes it more memorable. What might help (but perhaps only a little) is a clear and consistent explanation of the name, followed by a summary "showcase" of some of the interesting kinds of things that illustrates the power and flexibility of what you can actually *DO* with TiddlyWiki. After all, once you get past the name, its what people want to do that determines whether or not they stick with TiddlyWiki. Here's my explanation for the name "TiddlyWiki": http://tiddlytools.com/InsideTW/#WhatsInAName -e ref: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/top-100-websites-ranking.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/2ace00ad-f36d-4a98-b8d8-f20632bd854c%40googlegroups.com.
