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Klan... Are you serious?
escapegoat avatar
#Spykeby@escapegoat

Klan... Are you serious?

You are going to catch a lot of crap and lose a lot of users naming it "Klan"

Might as well call them Magas

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octopus avatar
@octopus

FWIW "klan" is an alt spelling in some dictionaries

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yd avatar
@yd

We are sorry about that. Nobody from the team has ever been to the US, so we didn't know about Klans or the KKK until after we started marketing it internationally. We have pushed an update fixing the change and it's sent out to all phones.

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splitdiopter avatar
@splitdiopterreply

I’m enjoying the app. I really like that the team is not USA based. I’m hopeful that will draw in more international content.

But, honestly, I’m having a hard time getting past the “Clan/Klan” terminology. I know it wasn’t intentional. I know the fix is on the way. I just don’t want to “join a clan.” I know I’m being picky and that the word “Clan” has different connotations all over the world. But this is like if someone named a new chocolate cake “poop” and asked me to “eat poop.” I know it’s a delicious cake, but that’s a hard sell.

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yd avatar
@ydreply

Clans was a word we thought of when building the app in late 2021. Community was too long and didn't look good with the UI. We settled on the term Klan because it was an alternate spelling and no other app was using it. International marketing made us aware of it and now we regret choosing that name.

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cujo avatar
@cujoreply

No harm, no foul. You can't be expected to know everything. Sounds like the team had a quick turn around on responding to the new information though, which is great!

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octopus avatar
@octopus

Good point...I had auto corrected in my head to Clan but nope...they spell it Klan...

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fox avatar
@fox

Yeah… what the fuck. Why is it “clan” on the website and “klan” in the actual app?

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doraemon avatar
@doraemonreply

They said it will be changed in the next release.

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fox avatar
@foxreply

Is there a reason it was in there in the first place?

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misterkrabz avatar
@misterkrabzreply

The developers are not from the US. Hence they did not know about meaning of the term.

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fox avatar
@foxreply

I was hoping it was exactly that, but couldn’t find much info on the team behind this.

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yd avatar
@ydreply

We are a team from Goa, India.

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