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I suppose for remote (unspiedupon) work it's ok, but in an office where you work do you really want to be using an app called 'flout work'? Did you mean flaunt? Or is it Flo[w] [ut?] work?

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I chose the name Floutwork to signify flouting the norms of how work is usually done, aiming to break away from the norm to create a more streamlined and effective work environment. "Flout" is also short, like "Slack," so I liked it a lot and just went with it.

Hm, it doesn't really say that to me. Wiktionary has:

    1. (transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
    2. (transitive, archaic) To scorn.

or as a noun ('a flout of work' say):

    1. The act by which something is flouted; violation of a law.
    2. A mockery or insult.

i.e. 'Flouttraditionalworkingprocesses' kind of says what you describe, but is obviously a terrible name. 'Flout work' to me sounds like it's the work itself that you're unhappy with. Maybe something around new/neo/nouveau/re-thinking would be better 'Neowork', 'Rethunk' (edit: 'Rework' is pretty good on a few levels IMO)? I don't mean to hate on it, just feeding back that it was a slightly odd first impression - Reddit's /r/antiwork sort of vibe.

I do like "Rework" a lot! I'm curious if it might imply the concept of "redoing work."

I thought the same thing, but then "slack" also implies not working very hard, and that didn't seem to be a problem for them (though maybe the counterfactual is a world in which Slack had even more users with a better name).

I was thinking the same thing about Slack. But yeah, I wonder if the name had a positive or negative impact on the overall outcome.

Good point. It is slightly different in that you (mostly) only use Slack if your org has chosen to use it anyway - but no, fair point.

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