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DavidDvorkin

(19,904 posts) Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:15 AM Nov 19

4

We need a name for posts on Bluesky

Something short and catchy. I suggest "bleep".

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We need a name for posts on Bluesky (Original Post) DavidDvorkin Nov 19 OP

I suggest not using an abbreviation - BS. gab13by13 Nov 19 #1

Funny, I came here to suggest just that! JoseBalow Nov 19 #35

How about "hook", like a skyhook /nt Blappy Nov 19 #2

There is one. It's skeet. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 19 #3

Really? "Skeet" is slang for ejaculation. No. just NO. hlthe2b Nov 19 #8

There is quite a bit of lore behind it and the discussion is over. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 19 #13

"and the discussion is over?" Says you? I'd guess some of those nearly 19 million users have a say in that. hlthe2b Nov 19 #16

lol start a discussion about it there and see how it goes WhiskeyGrinder Nov 19 #18

I get to hear "skeet" enough from some of my more crude patients. Enjoy. hlthe2b Nov 19 #20

Then take it over there relayerbob Nov 19 #29

Do you feel good now? hlthe2b Nov 19 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author relayerbob Nov 19 #39

You're right it needs a word, but bleep is the sound used to cover an obscenity. CrispyQ Nov 19 #4

Clouds bucolic_frolic Nov 19 #5

In a blue sky there are no clouds mucifer Nov 19 #33

No clouds, no posts. bucolic_frolic Nov 19 #36

Kites blm Nov 19 #6

I second bleep keepthemhonestO Nov 19 #7

"bleep" or "blot"-- the latter having connotation to notes on a blotter (which I kinda like) hlthe2b Nov 19 #10

Oh keepthemhonestO Nov 19 #14

I think this guy approves EYESORE 9001 Nov 19 #9

Rayleighs True Dough Nov 19 #11

How about "tweet?" It's catchy, and it's not being used. Scrivener7 Nov 19 #12

😂 rainy Nov 19 #17

I like tweet. n/t Greybnk48 Nov 19 #22

Why not? LetMyPeopleVote Nov 19 #37

Flutter since the symbol is a butterfly! rainy Nov 19 #15

Blurts. Frasier Balzov Nov 19 #19

Skywrite? nt Gore1FL Nov 19 #21

bluski...nt mitch96 Nov 19 #23

Bloops? DavidDvorkin Nov 19 #24

How about Mortos Nov 19 #25

They are called skeets relayerbob Nov 19 #26

I think they are called cilla4progress Nov 19 #27

Flits ananda Nov 19 #28

First, I want a share button for Bluesky. n/t CousinIT Nov 19 #30

You'd think that button would be popping up everywhere, given Bluesky's growth. DavidDvorkin Nov 19 #42

how about Quiet Em Nov 19 #31

How about "contrails"? kentuck Nov 19 #34

Nice! DavidDvorkin Nov 19 #38

Puffs? meadowlander Nov 19 #40

Fucking "Drop" or "Raindrop" to go with the Sky thing or just fucking bring back "Bing" or "Ding" SoFlaBro Nov 19 #41

gab13by13

(25,290 posts)

1. I suggest not using an abbreviation - BS.

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:17 AM

Nov 19

JoseBalow

(5,302 posts)

35. Funny, I came here to suggest just that!

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:58 PM

Nov 19

Last edited Tue Nov 19, 2024, 09:16 PM - Edit history (1)

Blappy

(113 posts)

2. How about "hook", like a skyhook /nt

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:19 AM

Nov 19

WhiskeyGrinder

(23,932 posts)

3. There is one. It's skeet.

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:20 AM

Nov 19

hlthe2b

(106,472 posts)

8. Really? "Skeet" is slang for ejaculation. No. just NO.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:23 AM

Nov 19

WhiskeyGrinder

(23,932 posts)

13. There is quite a bit of lore behind it and the discussion is over.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:34 AM

Nov 19

hlthe2b

(106,472 posts)

16. "and the discussion is over?" Says you? I'd guess some of those nearly 19 million users have a say in that.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #13)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:37 AM

Nov 19

How you can defend something that is so crass and will backfire so badly just escapes me.

WhiskeyGrinder

(23,932 posts)

18. lol start a discussion about it there and see how it goes

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #16)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:39 AM

Nov 19

hlthe2b

(106,472 posts)

20. I get to hear "skeet" enough from some of my more crude patients. Enjoy.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #18)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:43 AM

Nov 19

relayerbob

(7,036 posts)

29. Then take it over there

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #16)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:29 PM

Nov 19

No one on DU is going to have any significant impact on them here.

hlthe2b

(106,472 posts)

32. Do you feel good now?

Reply to relayerbob (Reply #29)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:48 PM

Nov 19

You shouldn't.

Response to hlthe2b (Reply #32)

relayerbob This message was self-deleted by its author.

CrispyQ

(38,352 posts)

4. You're right it needs a word, but bleep is the sound used to cover an obscenity.

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:20 AM

Nov 19

I suppose though, with Trump in office four more years, it will be appropriate.

bucolic_frolic

(47,130 posts)

5. Clouds

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:21 AM

Nov 19

mucifer

(24,864 posts)

33. In a blue sky there are no clouds

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:51 PM

Nov 19

bucolic_frolic

(47,130 posts)

36. No clouds, no posts.

Reply to mucifer (Reply #33)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:01 PM

Nov 19

Just clear sailing.

blm

(113,833 posts)

6. Kites

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:21 AM

Nov 19

keepthemhonestO

(441 posts)

7. I second bleep

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:22 AM

Nov 19

That's adorable and catchy

hlthe2b

(106,472 posts)

10. "bleep" or "blot"-- the latter having connotation to notes on a blotter (which I kinda like)

Reply to keepthemhonestO (Reply #7)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:25 AM

Nov 19

keepthemhonestO

(441 posts)

14. Oh

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:36 AM

Nov 19

Yeah that's catchy too

EYESORE 9001

(27,531 posts)

9. I think this guy approves

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:25 AM

Nov 19

True Dough

(20,474 posts)

11. Rayleighs

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:29 AM

Nov 19

The sky's blue color is due to Rayleigh scattering, a phenomenon that occurs when sunlight interacts with air molecules in the atmosphere.

Scrivener7

(52,881 posts)

12. How about "tweet?" It's catchy, and it's not being used.

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:34 AM

Nov 19

rainy

(6,215 posts)

17. 😂

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #12)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:38 AM

Nov 19

Greybnk48

(10,403 posts)

22. I like tweet. n/t

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #12)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:58 AM

Nov 19

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,840 posts)

37. Why not?

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #12)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:10 PM

Nov 19

rainy

(6,215 posts)

15. Flutter since the symbol is a butterfly!

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:37 AM

Nov 19

Frasier Balzov

(3,508 posts)

19. Blurts.

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:42 AM

Nov 19

I was inspired.

Gore1FL

(21,925 posts)

21. Skywrite? nt

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:55 AM

Nov 19

mitch96

(14,691 posts)

23. bluski...nt

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 11:16 AM

Nov 19

DavidDvorkin

(19,904 posts)

24. Bloops?

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 12:21 PM

Nov 19

Mortos

(2,454 posts)

25. How about

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:26 PM

Nov 19

Beam.

I just beamed a link to a great article about what a fucking douchebag Trump is!

Did you guys read the latest beam about Trump's nominee for the Education Department? Ryan Fucking Walters from Oklahoma.

relayerbob

(7,036 posts)

26. They are called skeets

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:28 PM

Nov 19

cilla4progress

(25,954 posts)

27. I think they are called

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:29 PM

Nov 19

Skeets

ananda

(30,842 posts)

28. Flits

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:29 PM

Nov 19

The symbol looks like a butterfly.

CousinIT

(10,264 posts)

30. First, I want a share button for Bluesky. n/t

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:35 PM

Nov 19

DavidDvorkin

(19,904 posts)

42. You'd think that button would be popping up everywhere, given Bluesky's growth.

Reply to CousinIT (Reply #30)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:58 PM

Nov 19

Quiet Em

(946 posts)

31. how about

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:36 PM

Nov 19

posts?

I don't know, maybe I'm just old school.

kentuck

(112,868 posts)

34. How about "contrails"?

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:51 PM

Nov 19

Written across the sky.

DavidDvorkin

(19,904 posts)

38. Nice!

Reply to kentuck (Reply #34)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:11 PM

Nov 19

meadowlander

(4,743 posts)

40. Puffs?

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:53 PM

Nov 19

SoFlaBro

(3,354 posts)

41. Fucking "Drop" or "Raindrop" to go with the Sky thing or just fucking bring back "Bing" or "Ding"

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:55 PM

Nov 19

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