why do these guys keep rebranding the same thing over and over and pretending it to be some new launch?
Once I can understand, twice it just feels disingenuous.
This is like third time they changed the name. Hyperdev to Gomix to Glitch.
Once I can understand, twice it just feels disingenuous.
This is like third time they changed the name. Hyperdev to Gomix to Glitch.
"If you’ve been following along, you know Glitch is a new name for our community; our beta launch last year was under the name Gomix. Why did we change the name (again)? Well, we heard from some members of our community that the old name evokes a hurtful slur in some Russian communities, and given our deep commitment to building an inclusive service, that didn’t sit right with us, even though people understand we didn’t mean to be hurtful. But then we realized that in fixing this slight, we had the opportunity to pick a much better name, one that makes it absolutely clear that we’re building a community for everyone."
That seems like an odd choice, though the blog seems to suggest it's because everyone will be fixing each other's bugs.
I'm criticizing how they pretend this is a new product launch.
And yeah, the renamings are embarrassing because they're mistakes that were on me to catch. Won't happen again, but fortunately I have a team that is very understanding and I hope our community is, too.
"Gomik" means literally "faggot", the plural is "gomiki".
The suffix "-s" was being used in pre-revolutionary Russia as a way to make your speech sound more polite. Etymologically, "-s" is short for "sir". Nowadays, "-s" is used (very rarely) to imitate speech of somebody from those times, mostly for its humorous effect.
Given the above, "GoMix" sounds very ridiculous in Russian, something like "faggot, sir".
Are you ok with this? It's pretty offensive to me.