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!

    • Andojus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I second this, it gives the impression that you’re setting out on a journey when you enter the fediverse which seems appropriate.

  • Deecoder@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • python@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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

    • Quercus001@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think that Delphi would be a great name! It continues the theme that Apollo had and it has some name recognition too.

    • fer0n
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      1 year ago

      I love Delphi, fitting name for whatever animal the logo is. A mouse? A lemming? A badger?

      • Deecoder@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I asked Bing to create an app icon combining a mouse with a ancient Greek philosopher, this is what it created.

      • gornar@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Ok, almost anything else! I revise my statement, and I appreciate that you could point out the shortcomings in my comment! Heh

        • Skasi@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Haha I wasn’t really trying to be critical, but rather wanted to make fun of the silly fact that wef spelled backwards is few.

          • gornar@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            Oh totally, but I still appreciate that while I was kinda being silly, I still wasn’t accurate! Heh

  • ClarkDoom@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Voyager is great!

    I also like the idea of “shuttle” because that’s the program that came after Apollo in NASA.

    • basskitten@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m looking at NASA’s page right now and the program after Apollo was Skylab, which I think would be a dope name for wefwef!

      (Alternatively there was an Apollo-Soyuz program but I understand that Russian names might not be super attractive at the moment.)

  • c15co@lemmy.world
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    Changing now would not be a good idea. There’s a bunch of Apollo users looking for a new home (I’m in this group) and we’re all hearing about how great wefwef is.

    Changing the name risks confusing people and missing new users.

    • kalipike@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      I wholeheartedly agree with this. Eventually, maybe. But not right now. Stability and consistency will be most beneficial right now.

    • FarLine99
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      1 year ago

      Don’t do it right now. You Save the identity for some time!

  • DoctorFail@sh.itjust.works
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    Wefwef is just fine.

    I mean Lemmy is named after Lemmywinks, the gerbil that went up Mr. Slave’s ass in South Park, so Wefwef is a great choice in comparison.

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    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’

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    1 year ago

    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.

    • lightsecond@programming.dev
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      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.

  • SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • kamenLady.@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Finished my 3rd rewatch last week. If it’s called Voyager, it’s gonna be pretty tempting to makes the switch. I’m coming from Sync for Reddit, waiting for Sync for Lemmy…

  • irkli@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Wefwef is a great name! It’s unique, short, doesn’t seem to mean anything else (does it?) and names like “connect” are useless in app stores or searches.

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    Voyager is ok, but I do like Lunar. Lunar for Lemmy has such a good ring to it.

    • RIP_Apollo@vlemmy.net
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      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.

    • masonlee@lemmy.world
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      Hmm. It would be very un-apple-like (and thus un-apollo-like) to choose an adjective for an app name.

      • Tempotown@lemmy.world
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        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.