Rachel Lee Cherry wrote:

> 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.

I just dislike cutesy or themed names in general, because they obscure 
meaning and they impose a non-neutral tone on a site.  I would much 
prefer a simple and self-descriptive name.

Drops and buckets and rainbows and whatever makes me think of a pink 
sparkly My Little Ponies themed site.  Which is nice if that's what you 
want, but isn't really contributing to creating a space where users can 
build the kinds of communities they want.

It's like the asylums etc at InsaneJournal.  It's possible to work 
around the terms and ignore them, but I'd rather not have to.

> ~ Rachel

love
Anna
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