Should we change app names?
Should we change app names?
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?
Comment below!
I like Voyager! Much better than Wefwef.
I could also see LEM for Lunar Excursion Module, the technical name of the lunar lander during the Apollo missions (a nice nod to Apollo app). Also has the benefit of being similar to Lemmy.
My vote for LEM. Short, crisp, and fun.
Yep LEM is good
Voyager is the name of the default testing instance for the Lemmy project AFAIK. Having two things in the Lemmy-verse called Voyager will be confusing.
Wefwef is nice for SEO and unique, so i don’t mind it, but like you said—i don’t know how to pronounce it.
My suggestion would be “Mooshuck”. Sounds fun, is easy to pronounce, doesn’t have any well-known project with that spelling, and means “little mouse” in Sanskrit. This would be keeping in line with Lemmy and Jerboa which are little rodents.
soyuz
Voyager is ok, but I do like Lunar. Lunar for Lemmy has such a good ring to it.
I would download Lunar for Lemmy in an instant!
Sounds like an Ubuntu release codename.
Yeah, Lunar sounds really good
Lunar does sound pretty cool, voyager is meh imo
I like the name lunar too.
If there is a new name, I hope that the new name is space-themed, given that this app is inspired by Apollo.
Reminds me of the Sega Cd/Saturn/PS1 game, which is a good thing.
Lunar really picking up Steam. ALL ABOARD THE LUNAR TRAINNNNN
Love this. Lunar for Lemmy has a fantastic ring to it, and fits the theme from the app this site draws inspiration from.
Hmm. It would be very un-apple-like (and thus un-apollo-like) to choose an adjective for an app name.
These are unnecessary constraints to judge a name by. Apple also wouldn’t name an app wefwef, so we’re already in a realm with more freedom.
Think this would work
LUNAR FTW haha
I quite like Voyager continuing Apollo’s space program theme.
Another option in tribute to Apollo is “Delphi”.
Delphi is the site of the Temple of Apollo and was an ancient sacred precinct and the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The ancient Greeks considered the centre of the world to be in Delphi.
As well as the links to Apollo, Delphi’s history is of a community sanctuary and a central source of wisdom.
The term Delphi is more unique than Voyager so it will be more searchable and should be easier to secure a domain name.
Here are a few interesting quotes from the Delphi Temple of Apollo wiki:
The Temple of Apollo, was a major part of the Panhellenic religious sanctuary located in Central Greece at Delphi. The temple and sanctuary at large were dedicated to one of the major Greek deities, Apollo.
Within the ancient Greek world, Delphi was considered the center of the universe, marked by the omphalos, or "navel", of the Earth that was located in Apollo's sacred temple. The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was perceived as an incredibly sacred site, considered a major center of ancient Greek religious practice and belief as well as a place intimately connected to the gods.
The exterior of the temple was also decorated with metopes, with five major depictions of gods and heroes being victorious over monsters, a mirroring of Apollo's defeat of Python during the mythological founding of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
The priestesses of Apollo, known as the Pythia, served as the oracle for the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Greeks and non-Greeks alike would go to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi from across the Mediterranean and beyond to consult the Pythia on a variety of different topics, ranging from the state level like the establishment of new colonies to the personal level like marriage, children, and health.
Wouldn't it be a problem that Delphi is a well established programming language? The name might sound weird/confusing to people who are familiar with it
Delphi for Lemmy
I think that Delphi would be a great name! It continues the theme that Apollo had and it has some name recognition too.
I love Delphi, fitting name for whatever animal the logo is. A mouse? A lemming? A badger?
I asked Bing to create an app icon combining a mouse with a ancient Greek philosopher, this is what it created.
Please take this vote for Voyager. It's a nice nod to Apollo, and it is a real word that people are familiar with.
Or Artemis. I’m not biased
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.
Not really, this is barely starting period and the page number 1 post you're talking about is mine where I suggest changing the name to Voyager lol.
For me the GitHub repo is on page one.
It’s not easy to remember. I prefer not to have too many things on my HomeScreen, trying to find this thing via Spotlight is always frustrating. Certainly wouldn’t have this issue with Voyager.
I’m gonna vote for wefwef over voyager. It’s much more unique and googleable. Voyager is gonna turn up Star Trek and a bunch of other generic stuff. Go for something unique!!
I didn’t think about this and holy hell it’s a good point.
Awhile back I was looking for a band who had the misfortune of using a name that is ungooglable many years before google existed.
Was almost impossible to find anything.
!!! fans lol
Excellent point!
I personally am down for the name change. Voyager sounds much more iconic and is easier to pass on verbally than wef wef. It’s also better to make such a change as early as possible to avoid confusion for newcomers.
The verbal part is probably my biggest gripe about wefwef. I love it otherwise.
I don’t like wefwef, mostly because of that (and how it looks like a sex term), but while Voyager sounds cool it has no uniqueness. And while it’s nice to reference Apollo, the entire design already does, the name doesn’t need to. That said I back “LEM” since it does relate, and also relates to Lemmy.
why? what's bad about calling something wefwef? it's just a few repeating sounds. seriously I don't get it.
Plus Star Trek
No, I like the name wefwef! It is a perfectly fine name, it's unique to your project, granting you immediate recogniza- and googlability, and honestly, I don't understand most people advocating for a change. God forbid we had an app or service name that was a bit fun and unique for once! No, let's change the project name just as it's getting popular, confusing everyone and hurting your Google rank, just to have another bland and boring name instead that's completely forgettable and shared by hundreds of other things! Are most of these commenters, like, 12, and still at an age where it's very very important that your friends perceive you as using only what's a child's idea of "cool" stuff? I honestly can't think of any other reason. Name it Awesome Monster App then!
So, no, in short keep it at wefwef! Lowercase and fun pronunciation and all! And for next year's April Fool's, announce a big name change, and then reveal that name to be "weewee", just to fuck with all the haters. Wefwef is the best app/service name in years!
Just my two cents.
Very true. The name is instantly recognisable, that’s important
Wefwef is kinda silly but it has the SEO for it, nothing else on the net will not be the app right?
If I googled voyager I’m picturing some Star Trek results n other random shit (thinking of new people googling or searching the App Store)
Phoebus is cool, but might run into generic SEO and like Tildes……’howd ya say it IRL? Feeebus?? Foe-bus’
Ngl, I think wefwef is an odd title but I quite enjoy the randomness of it, you know?
Yea exactly, it'll grow on ya and then it's it.
wefwef is memorizable, but I'd like to know what it stands for
I’d like to know what it stands for
literally nothing. It's a name I came up with out of pure laziness: it's where my fingers rest on the keyboard and I can type it one-handed 😂
Good you can add a slogan: wefwef - save your right hand for more important tasks ;-)
Honestly I like the name wefwef. It is easily searchable especially when it is not exactly easy to search things across the Fediverse.
Time to retcon a meaning for it now, if you're going to keep it. I'm really enjoying using it and the name is incidental, but I love a good invented mythology too.
Thank god! I was too afraid to ask and I thought I was just old and uncool for not knowing what it meant! 😅
Voyager 🤘
🖖 That's the correct emoji
🛰️
What about Phoebus, the Roman name for Apollo?
"Athena". Same mythology theme as Apollo.
Functionality is what will keep people but having a better name, and establishing this as a spiritual successor to Apollo, will help get people through the door.
Is it specifically meant as an Apollo clone?
Because otherwise I would like to point out that there are way more users of other 3rd party apps...
I mean, the interface is pretty one to one with how Apollo had things laid out and styled...
I agree. Something related to Apollo makes sense.
Isn't there already another app in the works with a similar name? Artemis iirc.
I'd rather not have the same "theme" for two similar apps, just to avoid confusion.
Wefwef is weirdly arresting. I know not what it means, but it has a ring to it that makes it unique.
Voyager is just meh. More of the same.
Yeah unique and weird names bring memory retention and invokes curiosity to attract new users.
I asked before and they said it was easy to type with one hand lol
wefwef is decent, it's already got some tractions and recognitions, the SEO is already there as well. The logo on the other hand can use some works.
Totally fair!
This one has been proposed: https://github.com/aeharding/wefwef/pull/71/files
Nooo! Please keep the current one!
The proposed one is a bit cartoony, not sure how it would look like on real device though. It's okay to experiment with different kinds of Logos, corporations do it all the time.
I’m sorry but I absolutely hate that new one. The current one isn’t anything fancy but it’s cute and clean.
I'd like to suggest an outline one.
New one looks like a cheap game, sorry.
Eww… new one is ugly. Keep the current one.
The new one looks much better
I think wefwef is original and fun. Keep it!
I like wefwef it is unique, fitting and you already have brand requisition.
Voyager is fine but extremely generic and quite boring. You also have to fight for search results with a lot bigger and more famous players sharing the name.
I like voyager. I’m for it.
The name wefwef is silly but that’s fine with me too. It’s probably silly because I don’t get it.
You could call it TitFart and I’d be stoked as fuck that it exists.
I think a bigger concern would be that Voyager already exists as a Crypto App with a significant amount of downloads.
In the spirit of Apollo, other possible names could be Artemis, Soyuz, Phoebus, Orion, Helios, etc. There’s no shortage of space programs/deities to pick from.
The crypto app went bankrupt so I don’t think they need the name anymore.
Good catch. I’m all for Voyager then seeing as someone else snagged Artemis
My understanding was that Apollo was a reference to the moon missions of the same name, and thus, Voyager would be referencing Voyager 1 and 2, sticking with that space vibe. Was I looking at it wrong/misinterpreting it?
But yeah, the crypto thing is a bit of an issue, but I think that one, this being a web app, and two, it being a VERY different thing means that the likelihood of confusion is quite low, and those who do accidentally get the other one will instantly know something’s off. Just my take.
You’re correct. To quote Christian himself, “ Reddit is kinda space themed -> app helps you explore Reddit -> spaceships help you explore space -> thus app is a spaceship -> Apollo is a cool spaceship name
I like the God of Knowledge answer too”
Artemis is the double-whammy as in Greek mythology she is the sister to Apollo, and the Artemis program is also the successor to the Apollo program; bringing human space exploration back to the moon.
Similarly Soyuz was the Soviet equivalent to the Apollo program, though I understand that might come with some unwanted political baggage.
Orion is also a Greek deity, and the Orion spacecraft is used in the current Artemis program.
Helios and Phoebus are other Greek equivalents of Apollo. (Other possibilities could be Ra, Utu(g), Amun, Mithra, etc.)
I also saw someone mention LEM (for lunar excursion module) which I think is genius, if not a bit confusing with lemmy, especially for folks new to the whole federated internet thing
Doesn't matter tbh, it could just be named as Voyager LM and that would serve as distinct enough.
Artemis is already taken by the kbin/lemmy app formerly known as kmoon
+1 for Voyager
Am I the only one who doesn't know what wefwef stands for?
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
? - clippy
As someone using it, it sounds like some kind of anime porn app.
Been scrolling for 5 minutes, and still don't know.....
thats a lot of scrolling
it stands for the app. that's literally all it stands for. I don't understand why that would be a bad thing though.
Change it if you want but “Voyager” sounds like some corporate nothing app named by bean pushers and commitees.
Fair 😂
Team wefwef represent! Uniqueness is hard to come by. Let’s not blend into everything else by changing it!
If yes, maybe something to think about doing further down the track when there’s not a huge amount of migration. Every post directing new users to wefwef will become obsolete and so the app will be harder to find.
I personally love the name wefwef.
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.
Having a silly and unique name helps the app in peoples memory retention. Imagine if it was edgy but forgettable. Nobody will remember it and it won't stand out amongst the multitude of lemmy apps being developed at the moment.
Wewef also invoke curiosity.
"What the hell is a wefwef?"
*searches google
I respectfully disagree with you on the memorability of the name.
I would respectfully suggest that if someone hears the name of this app for the first time, and then had to mention it a week later, they might think “oh what was that silly name of the Lemmy app? Was is wepwep? wiffwaff?”… whereas I would find Voyager to be more memorable, and there isn’t confusion as to how it is spelled.
That being said, there is one area where I concede that wefwef would be a better name than Voyager, and that is SEO (search engine optimisation). If you type “wefwef” into Google (well I prefer to use DuckDuckGo lol), then you’ll find the web app on the first page, whereas searching “Voyager” will give you lots of Star Trek stuff to scroll past.
So if I were making the case for the name wefwef, I would argue the SEO aspect rather than the memorability aspect.
You could have the same reaction to other names, wefwef makes people for the wrong reaction and I don’t really want to sound like a dog when saying that name out loud, alright?
Honestly I don't understand this take. I mean we all just came from a site called "Reddit". How does that have anything to do with if we use it or not? And caring about if it's a "cool" name or not, and then suggesting something super generic and boring... seriously, how old are people who think that way? Are you all twelve, and worried about what your friends will think about you when you're using weirdly-named apps? Who would give a fuck?
And I want to make it clear that I don't just object to the argument of choosing another blander name, but to the the notion itself that having boring, unimaginative, derivative, bland and sanitized branded names somehow would be better than unique ones. How simple-minded and devoid of all fantasy and joy and frankyl, a sad life that must be to think that!
Well I honestly don’t understand your take lol. Tell me if I’m misunderstanding something, but you seem to be holding two contradictory views at the same time.
On one hand, you are saying that it doesn’t matter what the app is called. You point out that we previously used a site called ‘Reddit’ and that didn’t have anything to do if we used it or not. You insulted the people who care about the app name by suggesting that they might be 12 year olds who were worried what their friends might think……
And yet, at the same time, you also very strongly hold the view that the app name can’t be a boring/bland name. You went off on a rant about how anyone who does like a so-called “boring” name (well, boring according to you) must be “simple-minded and devoid of all fantasy and joy” and that these people must live sad lives…… But this contradicts your first point about how the name of the app doesn’t matter.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but you seem to be criticising others for caring about the app name whilst simultaneously also caring about the app name yourself. So the next time you argue that an app name sounds too generic and boring, someone might reply “Are you twelve, and worried about what your friends will think about you when you're using an app with a boring name? Who would give a f***?”
Absolutely. WTF is “wefwef”?
What?? This is the second time I'm seeing "wefwef" and I swore it was a typo the first time I saw it. Plz don't tell me that's the name of the biggest Lemmy app...
Dunno if it’s the biggest one but it is a lemmy app.
i don't think the meaning is as important as the sound it makes in my head as i read it.
Vote for keeping wefwef. It’s kitschy and odd and unique.
I like WefWef. like someone else mentioned, it makes me think of a little puppy learning to growl or bark, lol. Mostly though, its6 unique, easy to type, and gloriously well suited to finding via search engines. If you google "wefwef", the top result is your app's Github project, and the next few results are about the app as well. If you change to something like "Voyager", theres an awful lot of competition for those search results. It'll get buried under results about the space project and Star Trek. On a personal level aside from that, I'd vote for staying wefwef myself.
Lyre. Lyre for Lemmy. Apollo played a lyre and it’s a cool sounding word.
i like wefwef
I love Voyager! I think it’s a great name for an Apollo inspired app.
i like wefwef i think its unique and quirky
I'm fine with whatever name, but wefwef isn't a deal breaker for me. I used an app called baconreader for 10 years. Which is a pretty silly name too.
I too am (was) a Baconreader user. I agree with this
+1 for Voyager
Skylab (the NASA program that came after Apollo)
Adding my vote to keep wefwef. I think it's more fun than Voyager or other options that have been proposed.
Voyager sounds great to me!
I think something like Voyager would be much better.
Voyager is the one I like best
soyuz
Weffy isn't bad if you want to keep the original name alive!
Weffy!
This gets my vote
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
Ez wefwef
For many ppl RIF is Reddit. For me wefwef is Lemmy.
Don't change.
I love Voyager!
Voyager is a great name! Go for it.
I like Voyager a lot better than the current name.
Wefwef is a silly name - sent by wefwef
Voyager goes well with the influx of refugees needing a new home
Stick with wefwef. It has an originality unlike voyager (plenty of those)
I literally cannot remember wefwef and I keep scrolling through my app list to find it.
Voyager sounds amazing - huge improvement over the current name which sounds like an unfortunate but mildly irritating STD
Another vote for Voyager.
Gonna comment in case the upvotes don’t count, I’m really a fan of Voyager. Not a big deal if it were to stay Wefwef, but Voyager has more appeal to my ear. Either way, great app regardless of name.
Voyager and Lyre are both nice suggestions, but I don’t like either even close to as much as I like wefwef. As an aside, the vote bottons being the opposite colors is hilarious.
wefwef is cute :C
I really like the name „voyager“ as an Hommage to Apollo
Apollos chief epithet, Phoebus is my vote. Though it seems to only be common among the ancients.
I’m fine with Wefwef but I wish I knew what it meant.
Voyager sounds good to me!
wefmcwefface
Please let it be this one
Voyager does sound cool, and fits the theme of what you’re going for.
But other people mentioning discoverability has me leaning towards keeping the name wefwef. Or come up with an equally unique name.
I prefer Wefwef, especially the dog barking sound. As an alternative I propose Lemlem - which sounds like a dog drinking.
Mlemlem
+1 for Voyager
I like Wefwef. It is unique while Voyager is quite boring.
Yes, wefwef app is brilliant though! But the name puts people off for sure!
why would people care about the name that much? to me it sounds like a linux CLI command. I mean, "grep" is a funky word too... but that doesn't mean I won't use grep when I have to pipe text around in the CLI! what a funny notion, honestly.
My vote for wefwef since it‘s unique and snappy.
I like voyager for Star Trek vibes.
It also works really well with “Federation”
Seems like Voyager is a hit...
... but, I do offer another series of suggestions:
- Hubertos, the patron saint of hunters. In addition to linkages to a cure for rabies, he is the patron of hunters, which has fit with the lemmings and critters that we share online.
- Muroidea is the name for the superfamily of rodents, which you can read more about here.
Artemis is another series of manned space flights from NASA.- Ulysses is another example. Add in it being a name of a mythological explorer, and it adds another layer.
- Mushak: Ganesh, from the Hindu pantheon, rides a mouse. This mouse's name is Mushak according to some sects. As a divine mount, there's some fun pieces of lore and how this app is how Lemmy users can ride into knowledge of the world around them.
- Ratatoskr is a Norse rodent, who carries messages on the world tree in that mythology. As this app shares messages and connects people, it's a fun way to share the core mission of Lemmy.
Those are some ideas! Hopefully some of this is helpful!
Maybe don’t name your app a literal god that is part of an existing religion with millions of adherents.
Artemis is taken by @ArtemisApp
I like Voyager since it's a web app too, like it can "voyage" to any platform. Or even referring to federation, you can "voyage" between instances.
It's also completely boring, derivative, and not unique in ans way. There's hundreds of things called Voyager, from space probes over (space) ships to night clubs and mythological beings and... just no. Wefwef on the other hand is great, it's unique, it's fun, it's easily pronounceable, but most of all, it's memorable.
But then how am I going to remember World Economic Forum World Economic Forum?
Another vote for a new name here. Voyager For Lemmy is good, but anything else also works. Recommending "WefWef" out loud to anyone is just silly, especially in other languages.
Reddit is a dumb name. Silly/dumb names work IMO.
At least it means “read it”, what does wefwef really mean?
Yeah, I think the name Voyager is a lot better than the current name
Voyager is fine, although Wef Wef is such a nice, unique name I actually love it a lot.
I do like the name Voyager however, for me I'm reminded of the failed crypto service with the same name.
Voyager sounds safer overall, but wefwef is cute and should be kept somewhere
Nevah!
actuappy thatts a great name
Someone already owns voyager.com - naming a product can be difficult these days as most common names are taken.
Maybe something like voyagerlemmy.com or voyagerfed.com? The current url uses .app as the extension so there's probably plenty of options for voyager alone.
NCC-1701. No bloody A, B, C, or D.
I guess I should have come up with a Voyager reference. My mind went to Star Trek ships
I don’t many Wefwef. I’ve heard much worse.
That said, if you are going to change it, do it now and move on.
I don't think should is the right word. I personally don't like the name much as it somehow sounds just off-putting to me (it doesn't read like a puppy sound, maybe because I am not a native English speaker). And there is clearly something to it as this is the only app where people are discussing changing the name. Even Jerboa seems to be safe from it even though the name sounds a bit weird.
Voyager seems way nicer and professional to me.
I have no problem with wefwef (although, yes, if it was supposed to read like a puppy sound I didn't get that at all), but if you change it I would not go with Voyager since it is too generic. If you google that, you get lots of hits already (mostly NASA and Star Trek, on my end), so it may make it harder for people to find it?
Voyager sounds too generic. I like Wefwef
I like Voyager. Definitely prefer that to the current name.
But wouldn't that damage your.. brand recognition, so to speak? When someone doesn't know you've changed your name and therefore can't find you, they'll assume you don't exist anymore.Nvm all that, they'll learn. ;)
Voyager sounds way, way better than Wefwef, plus it's in the same theme as Apollo, so that's great!
titan
Too soon…
Seconded.
no pressure...
I honestly don’t care what it’s called. I have no idea what wefwef means or even how to pronounce it. I appreciate the work done to make it for us though.
Wefwef ftw!
+1 for Voyager, things are still young and evolving.
I prefer voyager, or even “voyage”.
Maybe look and see whether there are other apps by the name first to avoid collision. Seems likely to be a common name.
Another GrecoRoman god (in the style of Apollo, as an homage)?
I would love to have it as Voyager, because the app seems to be Apollo's spiritual successor so might as well embrace the identity. Also, seeing that there are concerns that Voyager is taken by X or Y the simple addition of LM to the name should make distinct and free from any attachments. So:
Voyager LM
I cast my vote
Voyager sounds like an excellent name mate, much easier to tell new people. "hey Reddit is shit, download voyager instead"
I like the name wefwef reminds me of a cute dog barking at me.
Vote for Voyager.
Something like Voyager as suggested would be much more friendly to new users
Though personally I like both.
Is there a poll somewhere? What are all the proposed name so far?
Adama or Starbuck
Yes god yes! Anything but wefwef lol. Voyager sounds great.
I'm loving wefwef on Safari on my MBP and on my iPhone as well. I think the name is quirky. Why would you want to change it?
It's difficult to remember.
In my experience, I had to go to look for the post that recommend it at least two times after I already liked the application just to go back here. I could not remember the name.
I'm not an English native speaker so it might be that.
I like the name voyager, i think you should go for it
Love the app but admittedly don’t care for the current name (great work and thank you BTW). Voyager is a great! Something like that might well speed adoption.
I like Voyager more than wefwef but I think we can do even better
Voyager is great
App name isn't important to me, I'll use it under any name. Voyager does sound cool though, I think it's a good choice.
Great work on the app BTW, I really like it! Thank you, you're making the transition a lot easier
Voyager is vastly superior as a name. I’m on wefwef right now, but the name did make me immediately question it :)
Otherwise awesome client so far!
Ya, when talking to mates IRL it sounded as if I am peddling some drug and not a lemmy client to them XD. I think WefWef can be an Easter egg type of thing where the dev can play around with the idea in the future. But it is too discouraging for casual reddit users.
I like it!
Why can’t we have both?
Wefwef Voyager or Voyager by wefwef
Voyager for wefwef
I like the name, to be honest
will there be a wefwef/voyager for android?
It's a web app, not platform specific. Just go to wefwef.app with your preferred browser and add it to your home screen.
Commenting from wefwef PWA on Android :)
Works great, can't wait for the Android material theme to be available so that it fits right in with all my other apps!
Sounds like my childhood nickname. Am more attached to it than I should be
Lemmynade? 🍋
Apollo went by many different names if you wanna go down that route: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo#Greco-Roman_epithets
Voyager, absolutely.
Voyager sounds good, if I were making an Apollo like app I’d also be tempted to call it Starbuck or Athena.
Although if you want to stand out, I’d also like to throw Interface into the ring as it is the interface for Lemmy.
You absolutely should. The new name is much better!
Maybe we should come up with a new names and put them up for votes.
I can say right now that I don’t like Voyager, haha!
I like Interstellar more. It fits the fediverse because every instance is its own "galaxy" which can be "lightyears" away in the physical world, but like the movie, we're all connected through the "dimension" of the Internet.
What about Lappy?
It's similar to Lemmy, but with 'app' in the middle.
How do I install the app? Cannot find it on Play
It's a PWA (progressive web app). If you open the site on Chrome, then go to the Settings -> Install page, it should show some instructions on how to add the page to your home screen. Upon doing so, the next time you open it from the newly added icon, it should open in its own window looking like an app as opposed to a tab on Chrome
Rat
meant to be a meme but honestly i like this one.
I vote "Woof". It's so stupid, it works, and I like it. :)
Oh yes, please. I know it’s shallow, but I don’t love the name 😅
LIF (Lemmy is fun)
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
How about Fluffy for Lemmy
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!
What about Artemis? the name of the new NASA moon missions
Since those and this app are a spiritual successor to Apollo
An app called Artemis is already in development for kbin
I'm not against wefwef, but it sounds a bit silly. I like voyager, but in the end I think that the final word should be that of @aeharding
I'm not against wefwef, but it sounds a bit silly.
You reduced my comment for stating the same.
Also - Is this the first instance of #thisyou on the fediverse?
Captain Janeway is standing by to take command 🫡
Voyager I think fits nicely for a Kbin app. Especially since the whole idea behind the platform is it is decentralized and federated. When you think about it, what are you doing, but exploring that open web -taking a voyage.
just "wef"
Name is good woof woof haha
Voyager sounds good to me.
Hmm, that could work.
Voyager, Vger 🖖, Delphi
1st vote would be Phoebus
2nd would be Voyager.Voyager is nice
Personally I think Voyager sounds Amazing
Ollopa?
"any name" for Lemmy
Voyager Just sound too generic... Maybe Weffy?
If people want to a change on name, you better do it now than later when people feel attached to "lemmy".
I like the name voyager, i think you should go for it
lemmyApp
Flemmy
How about Ratatouille?
Could you make a theme like on Apollo-default(the kind of blue that isn’t spaghett) please?
How about "Ruck Feddit"?
You're gonna lose all momentum and be harder to find if you change the name.