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In English to note means to take note of something - to observe to pay attention. You’d like to change the vocabulary to fit your preferences?
Right, one takes note of something to be relayed to the world. One could note an idea, a video, an article, etc. Ron noted, “The Human Torch was denied a bank loan.” Not change to fit my preferences, but align on a standard nomenclature as a community. The verb differentiates nostr from all the platforms that people “post” notes and other stuff to, as did the “tweet.”
It’s already used some places. I’m just advocating for consistency, and believe the verbiage used is important to design and marketing :) https://image.nostr.build/041a3d5d976595be7ff31acfeef976747054ff260f8aaa65a757a1d4110d5276.jpg
The whole point of nostr is that there is no coordination. It’s a protocol which means anything can be built on it by anyone and they can use whatever terminology they want because there’s no one to tell you what you can or cannot do. We can suggest but we can’t make anyone do anything. If you believe it is THAT important to have singular terminology across clients where that terminology is applicable, by all means try to persuade everyone. I’ll get my popcorn 🍿 🤣 Besides, that’s only the notes part and doesn’t apply to other stuff.
Your original note took initiative to coordinate UI/UX improvements. I made a suggestion as to how the terminology could be improved on each client. I’m not forcing anything, and you’re the person I’m trying to persuade. No one forced everyone to use hashtags and @‘s. No one forced news outlets to report when people “tweeted” something, but they chose that verb over “post” for ease of use. Why do you believe “post” to be a better verb? One can note things other than just notes.
Exactly... it depend on what client you're using.
Of course. Same with the various platforms. All the different news outlets (clients) that reported when someone “tweeted” something, still used the verb, tweet, so that their audience knew where they could find the source. Now they can all use the term “note,” and the audience can pick it up with whatever client they prefer.
