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 I’m not exactly a branding genius myself, but so many nostr apps have such terrible names that I just want to say “I see a rebrand in your future” 

Not intending this towards any one app specifically. 
 I feel insulted 
 😂 hey… you have highlighter dot freakin COM! I think you did aright 🤣 
 Nutsack.me in shambles 😩 
 😂 
 🤣 
 *str 
 Will you be a cat forever? 
 Who’s asking? 
 A bunny? Or simply just a ghost 
 Once you go cat, you never go back.

It should be obvious I've never gone cat. 
 Not even snort? 
 Not calling anyone out specifically 😆 
 LOL. That was my first reaction when I saw that name. 
 Google Chromehttps
Mozillawww Firefox 
 Of course. Who would name a client freerse. Sounds like something else 🤭

On the other hand, Lumina rocks sounds awesome  
 We're not naming any names but what's the worst one? 
 No comment 
 You don't like to live dangerously 
 TOP 10 

I’m doing it out of love for the devs because I want them to succeed with proper names 😅😅

@PABLOF7z  multiple appearance on the list is largely due to the law of large numbers - once you create 420 apps there’s some bound to have names on the list below 😂


Ananostr
Freerse
Nmostr
Nostril
Nostur
Nostrmo
Onlyfaaaaaaaans
Wherostr 
 Snort
Slidestr
Pinstr
Memestr
Nosta 
Wikistr
Yakihonne
Listr
Swarmstr
Npub.pro
Zappdit
0xchat
Nostree
Lowent 
Flockstr 
 Yakihonne has a unique and memorable name with strong etymology 
 It’s a mouthful and not very relatable to what it does

You literally have to translate it for people 
 Is this your list of worst names on nostr??? 
 #YESTR 
 Whaaaat.... you don't like Nosta? That cuts deep... 😭😉 
 🤣 named them with love ❤️ 

My basic criteria for good names:

- easy to say
- easy to spell 
- is somehow related to what it does / provide 
- memorable 
- short

Nosta fails spelling; relevance and memorable.

But like you said, fine for early stage 
 I think these names are fine for early phases of projects. Rethinking name & brand is a good exercise if/when they grow and "professionalize" a bit. 
 It’s hard to come up with good names, won’t argue that. I understand why people would rather just build and not spend too much time on naming 👍 
 Will anyone believe like three years back that  you can Zap across all these applications  .. it is crazy ..  
 Want to comment on the best ones? 😆😉💜 
 Damus
Iris
Amethyst
Primal
Highlighter 
Hivetalk 
Zapstream
Zap store 
Openvibe
Gossip
Satellite 
Alby 
Lume 
 zap.store and zap.stream both have "Zapstr" in their pronounciation 👀

love lume, iris and damus the most 
 Yes I’d say they are an exception because zap stream does a good job of indicating what happens in the app and zap store once they add zaps 😂 
 Nostrudel  -- what is in the name :-)  
 NostrNaut