Rebranding

[warongiygas]

I kind of like Kiwi Farms precisely because what goes on here has nothing to do with kiwis or farming. Besides, a lot of members already refer to the forums as such.

 

[Enig]

The Ham Fortress.

People here go around claming that the site has a top secret forum only in the know members can access that just looks like a place to dump ham pics to anyone without the VIP lounge password. In reality, it really is a place to dump ham pics. Then someone like Mylar comes in angry that people are saying things about him in the VIP lounge, and thus we quantum ham lock the mylar man. Then we move on to claiming the VIP lounge is really the entryway for a massive bulletin board system ran off of Atari STs running Gentoo dedicated to turning spasm into a manchurian candidate machine.

I have no fucking idea what I am even saying right now.

 

[KingofManga420]

I don't think it's a problem so far. People come here and post about Jace and GK and whomever.

You can't send a telegraph through American Telephone & Telegraph anymore, but you can buy cable TV and Internet from them. They still call themselves AT&T.

I kinda agree with that but it seems to be a personal thing to Null judging from his tone. If he feels its a problem then it's his right to change it.

 

[Dr. Meme]

I made this for cwc adult chronicles but we can use it here if you guys want

 

[niggers]

i dont necessarily want to move away from CWC but i do want to move away from the CWCki all things considered.

as hype as everyone is on the kiwi thing, i dont want to rebrand from a chris reference to a jace inside joke. that seems like a lateral movement.

 

[MrTroll]

SonicsArmsAreBlue.com

 

[Glaive]

the VIP lounge is really the entryway for a massive bulletin board system ran off of Atari STs running Gentoo...

I have no fucking idea l.

Nah man, The Kiwi Forums only run on one specific OS

Spoiler

Linux/GNU Zealand

 

[Ouija Board]

I kinda like Kiwi Forums myself. I personally am not creative at coming up with names but I thought of nationofhysterics.com or nationofidiots.com. I also like the villageofidiots.com that someone else came up with.

 

[Alex Krycek]

I guess I'm in the camp of apathetics who would favor the name Kiwi Forum if the name change goes down. Something like Kiwi Loons or village of idiots might work too.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I'm partial to Kiwi being part of the new name like many others, most people refer to this place as "The Kiwi Farm" anyway and it's similar enough to the current name that there wouldn't be much confusion resulting from a name switch, but at the same time it's easier to understand how to say instead of having to explain "CWC" is pronounced "Quick" and, naturally, distances us from the namesake as is the intention of the name change.

 

[Lefty's Revenge]

I hit apathetic because its the closest to describing how I feel.

Call it whatever you like but before the announcement of the closure of the private forum, this board had already taken a decisive shift towards general lolcows. A new name to reflect that change is probably best practice, objectively speaking. However if you guys are vehemently against that for some reason I haven't thought of I'm fine with that as well.


Kiwi farms is good because iirc a few lolcows call us that at already. So not only is it an homage to Chris but its also a nod at the other lolcows were focusing on.

Just my 2 cents. Its not terribly helpful but I'm fine with whatever you guys choose.

 

[Overcast]

I'm all for Kiwi Farms.

The name makes me kinda hungry.

 

[c-no]

Like anyone else, Kiwi Farms or Kiwi Forums. There is a ring to it. Plus, many are for that name. I am apathetic to the rebranding but if it were to proceed, I'd like to see the name Kiwi Farms.

 

[hm yeah]

kiwi farm. singular.

 

[Golly]

I like Kiwi, but I'd rather keep it to Forums rather than Farm. Ultimately, I'm indifferent, though. I'll keep coming back no matter what.

 

[Super Collie]

If we're attempting to decentralize the theme of the forum from one lolcow I don't see the point in renaming the forum after an inside joke based upon another one. With that logic we're essentially scheduled to rename the forum every few years once we all inevitably tire of Jace or Tyce or whoever came up with "Kiwi Farm". I get the joke, it's a neat little homage, but if we're trying not to keep the Chris theme I also don't get why we're going with a name that's basically just a bastardization of the name we currently have, ergo arbitrarily keeping that connection to Chris in some abstract way.

I'm apathetic toward the name change myself (even though I am here largely for Chris), however I think it's a bit silly to almost unanimously cling onto one tongue-in-cheek joke name.

 

[CWCissey]

I think Kiwi Farm is the way to go.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

I didn't vote because I'm in favour, but not adamant.

If I can get in one last dig at Chris, unlike him, this forum has changed and grown up over time so rebranding makes a certain amount of sense. I also love the idea of the Chris memes and smilies still floating around so over time their meaning passes into obscure folklore.

I look forward to where this "Ian rebranding something" discussion goes.

Also, if you happen to read this Null, will there be an opportunity for those with cwc-themed usernames to change them if we so wish to reflect the decreased cwc focus? just a thought.

 

[Loke]

Kiwi Farms makes me laugh every fucking time I read it but the important part of a brand name is that the meaning, implications, and style are all very obvious to newcomers at first glance, because most people do not give more than one glance at something before they disregard it as "Gay" and go back to jacking off to hentai or browsing EBay for paintball guns.

I.E. you want to read the title and immediately get "oh this is something I may be interested in hmm yes verily much I will register the account now" not "what the fuck is some farming website doing with sonic webcomics as the background"

this is why as hilarious as it is, we are already way too much of an in-joke hugbox culture (seriously what the fuck) and I think if we rebrand it should be something that stands the test of time long after "KIWI FARMS" stops being funny (and it will, trust me) - Null mentioned trying to register a domain like dailydo.se or something a while back, something like that would be great... Ideally we need to be accessible enough that enough new people will join, therefore keeping the community from going stagnant+ flushing out the possibility of a hugbox while also makign sure we brand carefully enough that we don't attract Tyce-tier retards, or if we do, that we ban them immediately and laugh at them forever

here's a few examples of what I'm talking about, just random bullshit I thought off the top of my head, probably really bad ones but probably illustrate the "theme" I'm going for

autismranch.com
cowranch.com
dailydo.se
villageofidiots.com
laughatcrazypeople.edu
Dollars2009.gov

shit like that

Then again you run into the problem that, well, there is no word for what we are doing. "Lolcow" is the most accepted one but it isn't perfect and isn't 100% accepted. When I have to explain this shit to people I just say it's a form for "crazy youtube idiots" becuase there is literally no word to describe what we are fucking doing. So it's tempting, given that, to just make up some nonsense like KIWI FARMS. However that being said I think something like "daily dose" is probably the closest of what we're looking for

All good points, but I have an objection. Is the word "4chan" related to something mainstream and instantly recognizable? I don't care one way or the other about the restructuring of the site, but I do think that all this handwringing over the name is silly. Just freaking call it the Kiwi forums if you must change the name. I'm pretty new, and I've picked up all the silly slang and memes.
Edit: My point about 4chan being, obviously, that that site became immensely popular despite its nonsequitor name.

 

[milkshark]

Kiwi Farms is a great name. Nobody will care why it's named that. There's no need to spell it out or explain the shift. Does an obese 8 year old care why her favorite restaurant is named McDonald's? It accomplishes a shift away from CWC-centric forum focus. It sounds slightly familiar to us who've been here a while too.