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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.
Not to mention you'd probably run in to that Voyager app that is a crypto exchange / wallet.
Agree to disagree then. In any case what name it takes, is just second in importance to the usability it provides. And I'm all for that, no matter what it will be called.
Fair enough.
And yes, I agree that the quality of the app itself is more important than the app’s name.
Coming from the firedumpster reddit has become, and seeing such a civil and polite interaction between 2 users just brings tears to my eyes...
I’m also new to Lemmy (I signed up during the two-day Reddit blackout), but I’m already getting the sense that Lemmy is a classier place than Reddit :)
I just hope that Lemmy will continue to grow, but without picking up the toxicity found in Reddit (and other social media platforms).
Not to mention you'd probably run in to that Voyager app that is a crypto exchange / wallet.
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?