Fair, it does sound like a sneeze. What would you call it instead?
Good question, haven't thought about it.
Maybe something a bit cyberpunkish. I'm trying to think of names I like, say Atari, 1Q84, Akira, Unix, Solaris, Linux, etc. I guess I'm personally partial to the sound of Japanese. "shinka", "helios,", "hikari," etc. maybe with the word "protocol" or "net" attached. Or maybe something like "relay-net." Not sure.
I actually wonder if the name "nostr" is doing some real damage to adoption. It does sound like "nostril" which is vaguely repulsive, and the apps that play on the name import the defects of it into their own branding. It can make these projects sound more like a sort of inward-gazing arts-and-crafts cottage industry, which is maybe not the best optics.
Maybe something a bit cyberpunkish. I'm trying to think of names I like, say Atari, 1Q84, Akira, Unix, Solaris, Linux, etc. I guess I'm personally partial to the sound of Japanese. "shinka", "helios,", "hikari," etc. maybe with the word "protocol" or "net" attached. Or maybe something like "relay-net." Not sure.
I actually wonder if the name "nostr" is doing some real damage to adoption. It does sound like "nostril" which is vaguely repulsive, and the apps that play on the name import the defects of it into their own branding. It can make these projects sound more like a sort of inward-gazing arts-and-crafts cottage industry, which is maybe not the best optics.
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