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I've heard a lot of people want to change app names. Which I'm totally fine with! I've heard a lot of love for the name "Voyager"

So, thoughts? Do you prefer renaming? Do you like the name "Voyager"? Any other good ideas?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Voyager is fine, although Wef Wef is such a nice, unique name I actually love it a lot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Wefwef ftw!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I don't see anything wrong with wefwef, it just looks like a modern nonsense brand-word and easy to remember too. My wife commented that it reminded her of WOOF from the office

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Voyager, absolutely.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I think wefwef is a silly name and I’m surprised that so many people in the comment section like it, because I find the name to be cringeworthy (sorry).

But of course, I will still continue to use this app regardless of what it’s called, just like I still use DuckDuckGo as my search engine, despite it having a ridiculous name lol.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Vote for keeping wefwef. It’s kitschy and odd and unique.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

i like wefwef

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Lemmynade? 🍋

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I like the name, to be honest

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I prefer voyager, or even “voyage”.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Change it if you want but “Voyager” sounds like some corporate nothing app named by bean pushers and commitees.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

How about Fluffy for Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Voyager goes well with the influx of refugees needing a new home

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

wefwef is unique as an identity and the all lowercase styling makes it even more so.

I vote for wefwef and hopes it remains that way!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

wefwef is unique, easy to remember and easy to type. If you search for it, it’s already on page 1.

You hit all the markers for a good brand. That will be hard to recreate with an ancient god name.

Keep it.

[–] Makeshift 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it's not easy to remember. I saw a post about it and went back later to check out the app and I kept thinking "mew mew" or "wep wep"

I legitimately forgot the name while typing this comment and had to make sure it's not actually "wep wep"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Reddit is a dumb name. Silly/dumb names work IMO.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

LIF (Lemmy is fun)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Voyager sounds too generic. I like Wefwef

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (12 children)

wefwef is memorizable, but I'd like to know what it stands for

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Am I the only one who doesn't know what wefwef stands for?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I believe the Dev said it isn’t an acronym, it’s just where he found his hands placed on his keyboard one day, the WEF keys.

I did ask GPT-4 to make an acronym for it anyways, and got:

W- Web

E- Enhanced

F- Fediverse

W- Webapp

E- Explorer

F- Framework

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

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