I'm putting forward chicken feed[1] because even if we don't settle on that name, it does several powerful things 1) It's funny. Pure and simple. Funny is catchy and offers the best chance to displace a common term. 2) It implies stupidity. If we want to attack idiots, we need to make them look stupid. A term like that achieve it. 3) It implies control & manipulation. A chicken walks around in the yard, at he beckon of its owner laying eggs all day only for the owner to take them for their own purposes 4) It's short. The reason why 'clean feed' works is because they are mono-syllable words. Chicken is two but that's still in the boundaries of workable 5) It's visual. Visual generates better reactions in people. They remember it, the attach more meaning.
So don't mean to rain down other suggestions but maybe that can give some ideas. I really agree that a new term is critical. And in fact, if we can come up with one and propogate it, that's half the battle one. The term will shape perception, and that's exactly what we aim to do. [1] http://twitter.com/barrysaunders/status/977209448 On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Sjors Provoost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Elias Bizannes > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Who wants to start? > > I will I suppose. Starting with language. > > As a very wise man said[1], "Linguistics shape your thought: Think about > it: "Clean Feed" = "censored feed" which implies "Dirty Feed = what we have > now". > > So I wish to start calling this something else, and indeed, a side > benefit > > of coining our own name apart from reshaping the debate is it will show > > objectively what influence social media has in Australia. > > I want to associate negative images with this policy. Dirty can't be used > > because it invokes the current term currently. Filthy has potential. Big > > Brother? The 1984 feed? The $114million feed? The Stalin feed? > > I was thinking about iCroc, i.e. The Great Digital Crocodile of Oz. > Gives a nice local feel to it. > > Sjors > > > > -- Elias Bizannes http://liako.biz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
