- cross-posted to:
- selfhosted@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- selfhosted@lemmy.world
Kittygram is an Instagram frontend, like nitter and invideous.
A lot has changed since I first posted about it. Kittygram now has:
- a developer API
- atom feeds
- ratelimit tracking
- explore/popular pages
- more themes
I swear that most FOSS names are bad on purpose to keep people from using them.
Aside from a lot of the ones that are abbreviations (like GNU Image Manipulation Program, or GIMP), most of them are fine I think.
Immich, it sounds like “image”, which makes sense for photo hosting. Inkscape is a landscape of ink, suitable for a vector graphics editor. “Chrono”, the clock app on Android, is named after the embodiment of time. Radicale, the CalDAV self-hosted service, is the word “radical” conjoined with “calendar”. KeePass is a password manager, a master key is used to unlock the vault. KDE likes to put “K” in front of a lot of their app names. KCalc, KGet, Konsole, KOrganizer, KAlarm, KWrite. Their functions are pretty self explanatory. Okular is a PDF reader by KDE, and the name is a play on the word “ocular”, used to describe vision, but with a “K”! MarkText lets you write text in Markdown format. LibreOffice is a free (as in freedom, or libre) open-source office suite. Writer, Impress, and Calc are related to documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. And then there are all the apps that are not unique and are simply what they are. Think “Offline Translator”, “OSS Document Scanner”, etc. (very common with a lot of Android apps I use)
I would imagine Kittygram refers to the vast quantities of cat photos on Instagram.
Some machanics paint their tools pink to keep them from being stolen because they are not „manly“.
This sounds like something you would also complain about.
I think you might have some insecurities about your gender that you project on me.
A name can be stupid at the same time that I like pink stuff.
I wouldn’t say most, but I do agree that I won’t be using this purely based on name.
Feel free to fork it and give it a different name
What’s wrong with kittygram? How’s that any weirder then say Pringles? Like what the heck is a “Pringle” anyway? A potato tingle?
Coca-cola literally has the reference to Cocaine in it. In Spanish it’s even weirder because Coca is actually the slang word for Cocaine, so it basically says “Cocaine Tail”.
And Facebook??? A face that’s a book???
There’s plenty of extremely weird words you use or see daily. You’ve just been brainwashed to see them as normal because you’ve been marketed to about them since birth essentially.
If you heard of kittygram since you were 7, and saw kittygram ads constantly growing up, you wouldn’t so much as blink about the name.
Edit: Windows has nothing to do with actual literal windows. I’ve never seen a window that looks like a freaking menu at least. iPhone is just lazy. Wow, just shortened internet phone. Not to mention Apple literally doesn’t have anything to do with Apples. At least Gnu Imagine Manipulation Program actually does what it says. Spotify? What does it have to do with making Spots? It’s about music, the heck. Don’t even know what’s up with Qobuz. Target? How does 🎯 remotely even signify shopping? Amazon I remember being confused as a kid because I thought it was going to be a website about the rainforest. That’s a terrible name.
And there’s more. Google? Like Googly eyes? I doubt hardly anyone could ever tell you what a Googleplex was when it came out. It sounds Goofy. DuckDuckGo?
Like seriously, Kittygram is a problem but 2 ducks going isn’t? Heck, what about when Google named Android versions over desserts? Jellybean, Eclair, Honeycomb??? Or Google’s Play Store? That sounds dirty when you think about it. Like imagine you saw a shop in a strip mall and they weren’t selling kid’s toys called The Play Store. Then there’s OpenAI which is closed, and for that matter how all the big AI logos look like fancy assholes. Meanwhile Europe has Mistral’s LeChat. Literally a meme name.
DeviantArt? Well okay now with the AI porn it’s living up to its name I guess.
You know, I’m gonna upvote you just based on the amount of brandnames you know 😁
It’s all good points, I’m just gonna pass on this one.
I’m not throwing anything at the project or questioning anyone’s parents… just gonna walk on by…
That’s kinda shallow, dude. But you do you.
It’s not like it’s named XxxLovesToSplooge69Xxx or LoliChanFingerBot.