Thoughts on why “Shortform” isn’t short, and Possible Names to convey this.
1) The content isn’t short—the amount of time spent on it is, and sometime that leads to it being long, and sometimes that leads to it being short.
Name: Quick Thoughts (Long and Short)
2) What starts out as a short comment sometimes grows as it’s fleshed out and becomes long.
Names: Seeds, Garden, Writing with Haste, Nailing Down Ideas, Meme Genesis/Evolution, Whispers and Speeches[3], Too Long and Too Short, (That quote from Pascal—word for word, or shortened to an uncommon phrase)
Thoughts on “Scratchpad”: If the issue is conveying that quality may vary, “Posts of varying quality” says that—if not in one word.
3) Some things are ephemeral, some things aren’t.
Name: Bricks and Phantasms, Shades and Hues, Whispers and Nightmares, Dreams and Machines[4]
Alternative Solutions:
1) Keep shortforms short (or scratchpads rough) and give the option (feature) of moving* shortform posts to being posts. (Similar idea to how comments on questions can be moved to answers.)
2) It’s the same kind of thing, but everyone can give it their own name.
*Or copying to drafts, with the original minimized by default, or something to indicate that it’s a post now (because it’s long/fleshed out).
**This name kind of fits with the feature mentioned above (AS#1), independent of whether the rest of it’s description is the way things go.
[3] Because wheen you’re whispering you do it quickly, but speeches can be really long
[4] Because Dreams aren’t well fleshed out, but machines are.
Huh, “shortform” representing “things that are short, or things you put a short amount of time optimizing” actually addresses my primary crux of “I don’t know how to write a description of it that isn’t confusing.”
I still weakly prefer scratchpad.
Curious if, of the ideas you listed, which you prefer? (Trying to make a decision soon)
[Note: I do expect to build a feature sooner or later that converts shortform posts into regular posts]
The one I’d really like would be: They’re called “feed”s, but if someone wants to give theirs a name, they can do that. (Examples: a) “Pattern’s feed—Bricks and Phantasms” b) [user]‘s feed is the default name, but anyone can change it.) Failing that: “FEED”* or “Garden of Ideas”** or “[user]’s Feed”.
*This word doesn’t have much of a connotation for me in the way that “Scratchpad” or “Shortform feed” do. It’s also nice and short.
*While some people might prefer to develop ideas more adversarially, I think having feeds be a place where people can thrash out ideas without worrying about criticism as much, is a good thing, and this name seems to represent that (if they all have to have the same name).
Name suggestions, without reasons:
Commentary
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[User name]’s FEED**
Thoughts on why “Shortform” isn’t short, and Possible Names to convey this.
1) The content isn’t short—the amount of time spent on it is, and sometime that leads to it being long, and sometimes that leads to it being short.
Name: Quick Thoughts (Long and Short)
2) What starts out as a short comment sometimes grows as it’s fleshed out and becomes long.
Names: Seeds, Garden, Writing with Haste, Nailing Down Ideas, Meme Genesis/Evolution, Whispers and Speeches[3], Too Long and Too Short, (That quote from Pascal—word for word, or shortened to an uncommon phrase)
Thoughts on “Scratchpad”: If the issue is conveying that quality may vary, “Posts of varying quality” says that—if not in one word.
3) Some things are ephemeral, some things aren’t.
Name: Bricks and Phantasms, Shades and Hues, Whispers and Nightmares, Dreams and Machines[4]
Alternative Solutions:
1) Keep shortforms short (or scratchpads rough) and give the option (feature) of moving* shortform posts to being posts. (Similar idea to how comments on questions can be moved to answers.)
2) It’s the same kind of thing, but everyone can give it their own name.
*Or copying to drafts, with the original minimized by default, or something to indicate that it’s a post now (because it’s long/fleshed out).
**This name kind of fits with the feature mentioned above (AS#1), independent of whether the rest of it’s description is the way things go.
[3] Because wheen you’re whispering you do it quickly, but speeches can be really long
[4] Because Dreams aren’t well fleshed out, but machines are.
Huh, “shortform” representing “things that are short, or things you put a short amount of time optimizing” actually addresses my primary crux of “I don’t know how to write a description of it that isn’t confusing.”
I still weakly prefer scratchpad.
Curious if, of the ideas you listed, which you prefer? (Trying to make a decision soon)
[Note: I do expect to build a feature sooner or later that converts shortform posts into regular posts]
The one I’d really like would be: They’re called “feed”s, but if someone wants to give theirs a name, they can do that. (Examples: a) “Pattern’s feed—Bricks and Phantasms” b) [user]‘s feed is the default name, but anyone can change it.) Failing that: “FEED”* or “Garden of Ideas”** or “[user]’s Feed”.
*This word doesn’t have much of a connotation for me in the way that “Scratchpad” or “Shortform feed” do. It’s also nice and short.
*While some people might prefer to develop ideas more adversarially, I think having feeds be a place where people can thrash out ideas without worrying about criticism as much, is a good thing, and this name seems to represent that (if they all have to have the same name).