• zeus ⁧ ⁧ ∽↯∼
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    1 year ago

    this seems like a really odd choice. admittedly the old name wasn’t great, it sounded like spreadsheet software.

    but they’ve gone from a name that was the top search result to one that will never be, because the current top search result for “firefish” is a recruitment company that can put a lot more money into seo than they can; and a name that most people who would use it (techies & early adopters) will immediately assume is a firefox fork or mozilla product

    in isolation it’s not a bad name, and i really like the new logo; but it just seems like a poor choice

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      1 year ago

      I agree with everything you said. I do hope if they see all the lukewarm/negative feedback and decide to rebrand again that they stick with the fish theme and icon. It’s cute and I like that all the microblog platforms have animals associated with them. Bird, Elephant, and now Fish. Elephant and Fish can be friends, Bird can fuck off.

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        1 year ago

        Bird, Elephant, and now Fish. Elephant and Fish can be friends, Bird can fuck off.

        now that’s a quote i want on a sticker with no context