I've never heard Photobucket referred to as "The Bucket". My circle of acquaintances uses Flickr, though, so I could be missing out on a term.
The over-theming really gets me when it's relentless, when the site refuses to admit in obvious places that, hey, if you're coming from LJ you'll know this as [X] but we call it [Y]. The main problem is that users are already used to one term, the difference in terminology doesn't relate to a difference in function, so there only reason to change the term is arbitrary -- branding. LJ doesn't have anything like a drops bucket, so we're not arbitrarily renaming an existing thing, we're naming a new thing. If we show new users that they can buy drops to trade (either with Dreamwidth or with other users) for layouts or journal exporting or paid time, and they'll keep their drops in a bucket ... they'll start calling it a bucket without feeling like they're parroting a brand. And they'll start saying things like "I need to dump out my bucket, who wants drops?" to mean that they're deleting a journal, can't take their purchased points with them, and would like to spread them among other users -- not out of brand loyalty, but because it's easier to communicate their meaning with the terms Dreamwidth has given them. The only terms that will catch on, therefore, are the ones that meaningfully differentiate between an existing thing and a new thing, not just between two similar brands. Sorry for getting a little thinky, I've got too much time on my hands today. ;) ~ Rachel On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:13 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > The thought has just occurred, about calling it The Bucket—and perhaps I'm > underestimating the intelligence level of Ye Olde Average User—but is it > possible there might be some confusion between "our" The Bucket and any sort > of links to/support for Photobucket? > > I love the idea, I'm just thinking about the previously mentioned > over-themeing at DJ and IJ. > > > principia_coh > Alexis > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Silicon Shaman" <[email protected]> > > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Katherine Toomajian <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I am personally a rather big fan of the water scheme, maybe droplets, >> drops and downpours, and where they are stored/donated is called The >> Bucket. It's a good interwebs reference, and it amuses me. >> >> Carry on. >> >> -Kat >> > > Ok, you sold me on the Water Scheme .. LOL at The Bucket , just so long as > no-one steals it! > > > -- > Silicon.shaman > Subversives 'R' Us > Cogito ergo periculosus, > [ I think, therefore I'm dangerous ]. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Silicon Shaman" <[email protected]> > To: "Katherine Toomajian" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 17:08:38 +0000 > Subject: Re: [DW Discuss] DW Points! Except they'd have a cute name, like > maybe wishes. > _______________________________________________ > dw-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss > _______________________________________________ > dw-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss > -- http://www.lastsyllable.net This is not the sig you're looking for.
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