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jackalope ,

I beg Foss devs to work on their branding. Forgejo? How's that even pronounced?

sabreW4K3 ,
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Forge-yo

fruitycoder ,

NGL I would not have assumed that

sabreW4K3 ,
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I've been doing so many German lessons, I just say what I see. But it's confirmed on the FAQ

Where does the name come from?

Forgejo (pronounced /forˈd͡ʒe.jo/) is inspired by forĝejo, the Esperanto word for forge.

fruitycoder ,

Oh yeah I forgot about the Esperanto inspiration!

vox ,
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i thought it's Forge (as in Forget) - Jo (as in Joe)

sabreW4K3 ,
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Nein

Iapar ,

9! 9! 9!

algernon ,
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/forˈd͡ʒe.jo/

Lodra ,
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This is an especially tragic case. IMO, Gitea has one of the best names in software.

thisfro ,

I think it sounds cool 🤷

0x1C3B00DA ,
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They have a pronunciation guide in their FAQ on the website. There is no branding that would be obvious/intuitive to everyone

jackalope ,

There is def stuff that could be better though.

0x1C3B00DA ,
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There is no better. Maybe they pick a name that's more intuitive for you, but it'd be less intuitive for someone else.

jackalope ,

Do you believe that there can be no such thing as good or bad branding? Do you think that design work has no value?

sabreW4K3 ,
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No ActivityPub integration yet sadly.

vox ,
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don't think AP is suitable for a gh-like website, it's one of the cases where another protocol (or protocol extension) makes a lot of sense

sabreW4K3 ,
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They're definitely working on it and they're quite far along https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/59#issuecomment-1781062