I appreciate this feedback.
However, neither lend themselves to being pluralised without sounding awkward, unlike CRED.
I’m not so sure about that, “pay me 432 knol please.” Implying paying 423 knowledge, because knowledge is plural. Ditto mosh.
It’s a bit weird though, although this is arguably less weird, “pay me 432 mØsh please.”
"Uber" doesn't have any apparent connection with a paradigmatic shift in the manner of hailing taxis, but it's a cool word (and font) that people quickly took to.
It’s abstract. It didn’t have anything to do with taxis before. Whereas, cred may associate with credit, which is the negative vibe in this global sovereign debt collapse that will be ongoing for the next decade and cause a lot of pain worldwide. Or maybe people will happy they can still get some credit.
My wife thought KNOL and MOSH both sounded more masculine, but CRED as neutral.
Yeah that is what I originally thought also.
Btw, I'm not sure what you meant meant further up when you previously mentioned it as "cartoonist".
C.f. the “Street Cred”(ibility) logos on this blog.
I like knol because it can be both the main website name and the token name combined. Less confusion. That can be about blogs, discussion forums, Q & A, and Wikipedia clone. But maybe people will think knowledge is boring, not fun, and stay away.
My latest blog is emphasizing the knowledge age transformation:
https://steemit.com/blockchain/@anonymint/jesus-bitcoin-is-somewhat-sovereign-democracy-not
The concept would be that the more you use the site, the more knol (i.e. knowledge) you accumulate (both in your head and in knol tokens).
Also it would be neato to take Google’s expired formerly trademarked name idea and use it to disintermediate Google with, lol.
Most Millennials probably don't even remember Google’s Knol.
KNOL can also be interpreted as "knoll", a small hill or mound, suggesting being able to see above your surroundings to improve knowledge)
Makes me think of:
Also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_(Babylonian_astronomy)
A place of refuge outside the mainstream economy. Something abstract and “feel good” might align us better with Millennials.
I need to overcome my age and my aspiration expressed in my most recent blog linked above and put my marketing cap on. Don’t moralize in marketing. Sell what your users want.
There’s lots of interesting terms in the Babylonian language:
http://www.assyrianlanguages.org/akkadian/list.php
There’s ebiru meaning to cross to the other side.
More idea lists:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fantasy_worlds
Out of interest, how do Filipinos get on pronouncing KNOL; any problem with the KN? I guess once heard then it's not an issue.
WRT pluaralising, I realise that grammatically KNOL and MOSH are both plural and singular, but I can perhaps forsee many users trying to say "KNOLS" or "MOSHES". Dunno for sure. Needs a wider sample group. Might not be an issue.
A tricky one to call. Could go either way. But maybe not a deal breaker for CRED on that score alone though?
Absolutely!
Am falling asleep now, so will read your latest blog post tomorrow and get back.
I have entirely ruled out the name
mosh. It doesn’t convey anything really and can be confused with “say what? Moss?” and mush. That’s essentially reiterating my original stance when I wrote this blog.I also agree that the meaning of
knolis not as obvious. Also it’s not as apropos. Veracity and credibility is really the general attribute thatcredtokens will represent, because essentially accumulation of tokens is going to be a function of how many decentralized curators rank your contributions highly, leading to more page views and thus more income.I was hoping to have a main app and site name which matches the token name, but so far am unable to. I’m not even convinced that Knol is a good app name.
I’m brainstorming site names and trying to think of one that conveys that divergent opinions are not censored. Also still trying to capture the concept of escaping from the creeping totalitarianism. Also wanting to stand out (be memorable) from the crowd of vanilla site names. I am also interested in the theme of technologically crashing through borders and barriers. I would like to capture the notion of a permanent archive with no dead links forming in the future. I would also like to capture the open data notion that everything (not encrypted nor marked with copyright) is editable and there can exist multiple versions of any document — everything can be forked.
My best “new” idea thus far is:
.app,.me,.usandhyper-data(.netand.org);.com,.netand.orgnot in useAfter Bitnet, I had adopted the name idea of Hypermesh (even posted to
bitcointalk.orgas username Hyperme.sh which was a domain I registered), but I abandoned that idea because it really didn’t convey any benefit to the user. I can’t remember if I thought of hyperdata at that prior juncture. Hyperdata is better than opendata because it can be a superset of open data (i.e. doesn’t force data to be unencrypted with permissive license). More descriptive of benefits than datasphere. More generalized benefits than wikify. Fewer problematic connotations than richdata and transdata.So Hyperdata would supplant all the prior name ideas (other than the token name
cred). Thus perhapsblog.hyperdata.org,wiki.hyperdata.org,debate.hyperdata.org,video.hyperdata.org,music.hyperdata.org,archive.hyperdata.org, etc..P.S. I also like the
debate.orgconcept for an app, wherein two debaters go against each other and everyone else is allowed to post comments.EDIT: I will elaborate on my logic for choosing Hyperdata. A descriptive name is best because it will cause nearly every demographic to contemplate that there’s some technological innovation to be curious about. Whereas, my prior name ideas such as Knol, Jot, Stor not only don’t have a clear statement of utility for all demographics (e.g. knoll is a hill for Americans yet it’s meaningless for Asians), they’re also lost in the sea of already popular metaphoric website names such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Kik. So “why is my data hyper?” is a superior reaction and branding as compared to “what is knol (or why on a hill) and btw what did you say?” Or superior to “Stor what or jot what, and what for?” They already store and jot on their existing social media sites, so there’s no differentiation.
I see your reasoning behind selecting this name, that it's more descriptive of its benefits than datasphere etc, and has a "clear statement of utility". I don't know, there's something about it that appears reminiscent of the nineties somehow; I immediately thought of hypertext. I'm not saying I dislike it, but I'm wondering if it has the potential of a wider appeal beyond those with a more technical appreciation.
I think that when/if you come across "the" name you'll know it straight off in a way you haven't with previous ones. And it will still seem good in a week or a month's time.
OK, I'll put my own head above the parapet now and suggest this one: Immute. Shortened from "Immutable". Permanent, and also implying not to mute opinion, standing up to oppression, and can't disappear down the memory hole.
Though I concede it doesn't also fit with your wanting to
Could this be comparable with an evolutionary tree , or Phylogenetic tree?
EDIT:
Which reminded me of this game of Cambodian chess shown here (up to 15:45), which I believe is called Makruk. How the bystanders are contributing ideas to the confrontation.
Yes, I get it.
Agree.
Btw, I read the "Jesus Bitcoin..." blog and commented beneath it.