Ask HN: What comes to your mind when you see the name "Talentrue"?

3 points·ArekDymalski··9 comments

Do you like it? Does it sound trustwworthy? What can you expect from a service called Talentrue ?

Thanks a lot for the feedback!

My immediate thought is that it's a name trying too hard to be clever. Some portmanteaus are clever and I like, but this one feels forced. It's like my mind can't skip over the fact that there should be 2 't's in the middle of the word.

Are you worried about the TalentTrue / TalenTrue confusion?

Thanks for detailed reply. Actually we are mostly worried about _phred's interpretation :)

With all on small caps I tried to read as one word and speaking out loud sounded like a last name from a Babylon 5 embassador. Even with TalenTrue, as said before, I am always confused if I should one or two letters when writing down names like theses.

I think you should go to use two T. Nobody says Codecademy, everybody says CodeAcademy.

But the name itself, I liked. Yes, sounds trustworthy for me. I don't know if it is some kind of HR service, but if it was, I would expect that I should use it to find (or advertise my) true talent, real talent, without all the BS cover letters and "answer just what we want to hear" type of questions.

Half-elven ranger. Where's my bag of dice?

Tarantulas. It sounds like Tarantulas.

O, cruel fortune! I rue my talent.

I hate all the compos made with "true". True can be something really, really subjetive.

"Talent" + "rue", without knowing what "rue" really is in this context.

Hipsters trying too hard.

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