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lesha πŸŸ¨β¬›οΈ • Edited

I don't want to gender-ify this service.

But you've just did...

I believe a name doesn't have that much influence on determining its scope or sucess.

Entire companies have been born for sole purpose of inventing product branding, which includes creating an appealing name.

For many people "postwoman" is just a swing in likes of "take that, MEN" which i find, how millenials are caling it, problematic.

P.s. I believe "man" in "postman" stands for "person", not as "male"

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Liyas Thomas

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.

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daveclarke

I foresee a name change in your near future. If Postman has received significant venture capital then they’re obliged to protect their brand. And they could have chosen a gender neutral name like Postie so we’ll done for calling them out on their name, even if not deliberate. I habit been aware that Postman uses Electron - good to know, thank you.

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Liyas Thomas

I don't think there's a problem with this name.

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Thanks for giving us all your perspective.