On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Azalais Aranxta <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Anna Simpson wrote: > > > 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. > > > > I just dislike cutesy or themed names in general, because they > > obscure meaning and they impose a non-neutral tone on a site. > > Drops and buckets and rainbows and whatever makes me think of a > > pink sparkly My Little Ponies themed site. > > This. I like "points" just fine. I don't have to mentally > convert whatever cute name it is to "points" or "credits" which > is what we're really talking about. "Wishes" is so twee. Any > "wish" you can buy for a dollar isn't much of a wish! This is true. I'll be honest; while I was writing that post I had to consciously call it a "drops bucket" and not a "points bucket" because, dammit, I like the "drops" idea! But it really isn't as natural as "points". And you can talk about a points balance, rather than a "drops level" or something which is, yeah, getting twee. Le sigh. > (Also, "bucket" makes me think of That Walrus, idk, am I alone?) > > No, the reference was part of the idea. Also twee? Dated? What say we all? ~ Rachel -- http://www.lastsyllable.net This is not the sig you're looking for.
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