VOTE: AndroidForums.com Name Change!

[Rob]

Android Forums is transitioning to The Daily Net!

It's primarily a name change- all of the site's conversations will be preserved on the new domain. However, we'll need to move the community to a subdomain or directory (ex: daily.net/forum or forum.daily.net).

State your case for your favorite! Feel free to suggest your own ideas.

My personal favorite right now (it keeps changing):

https://the.daily.net

The main site would be housed at The Daily Net - Breaking News but then you can join "the" club at https://the.daily.net where all the forum content is found. So, for example, the URL to this thread would become:

https://the.daily.net/threads/vote-androidforums-com-name-change.1348783/

 

[ocnbrze]

i like community cuz this site has always felt like a community to me.

 

[Windroid]

"Forum" is the way to go. "Community" could mean a neighborhood, a church, an ethnic group, etc. "Forum" is the proper term for what this site is. I found this site by searching for "Android forum". If folks are looking for a forum, don't expect them to type "community" into a search-engine! And if this site is titled "community" instead of "form", don't expect a search-engine to show this site when someone searches for a forum.

 

[AugieTN]

Forum seems to make the most sense to me.

 

[ocnbrze]

i see community as my cul-de-sac or my friends block......that's a community to me. this place feels like that to me. thus community IMHO feels right to me.

 

[Clementine_3]

Daily anything is nothing I can get behind. It matters not what comes after it.
It makes zero sense, none. None sense.

 

[mikedt]

"Forum" is the way to go. "Community" could mean a neighborhood, a church, an ethnic group, etc. "Forum" is the proper term for what this site is. I found this site by searching for "Android forum". If folks are looking for a forum, don't expect them to type "community" into a search-engine! And if this site is titled "community" instead of "form", don't expect a search-engine to show this site when someone searches for a forum.

Seems to me that a large majority of the recent threads and posts here are NOT actually on the subject of Android, and are about dogs, cats, baseball, basketball, e-bikes, drink, food, money, tipping, music, movies, games, weather, jokes, etc. etc. AF seems much more of a general forum these days, rather than focussed on a core subject.

 

[ozonetrooper]

@ Clementine_3 :

I have worked with Corporation agents and Administration agents long enough to know that once an idea is presented and backed by such, it will not be stopped until the implementation and subsequent success or failure of the project produces results.

You might as well embrace it and don't be a, "I tole yu so" if it fails.

 

[Rob]

it will not be stopped until the implementation and subsequent success or failure

I agree- "the move" is inevitable at this point. I'll take the blame for that. Will is succeed? Will it fail? I don't know... but let's have fun finding out.

"Forum" is the way to go.

I agree with you, and from a historical perspective, the word forum is pretty darn cool and fits our needs. But unfortunately, Xenforo uses a "forum" directory to delineate each individual forum. So for example, the "Android Forum" on Daily.net would be at:

https://daily.net/forum/forums/android/

It may seem like a minor cosmetic flaw, but it would drive me nuts.

It will be fun to use AF member feedback to fuel articles, kind of like we used to do with AF/Phandroid back in the day:

https://daily.net/best-android-phone

 

[Clementine_3]

@ozonetrooper, oh, I know. Opinions were requested and a poll presented so I partook for no particular reason and to change the outcome not at all.

 

[treb1797]

You might as well embrace it and don't be a, "I tole yu so" if it fails.

Now now, it's not like the internet to be like this, let's have faith

 

[Madd65]

I'd scrub Tech Daily :

 

[Rob]

I'd scrub Tech Daily :

What do you mean by "Scrub"?

 

[Madd65]

What do you mean by "Scrub"?

Maybe it's a UK term. Seeing as it's the name of a channel I would "take it off" your list (tech. daily. net).

However I'm sure you've taken that in to account already.

(former lapsed member here)

 

[Rob]

Not to open old wounds, but:

• Elon killed "The Bird"
• EarlyBird.Club is still an option!

Just saying (lol)...

I'm about 90% on Daily.net with the forum at post.daily.net.

But who knows. I guess anything could still happen!

 

[PitCarver]

Daily net makes me want to move to the coast and start shrimping.

 

[Rob]

What's your favorite name @PitCarver ?

 

[olbriar]

If it has to have daily in the URl I like dailytech.net.
Grabbed from the net:
What happened to Dailytech?


As of early December 2015 the website appeared to be inactive, although there was no notice of a change in status. Activity resumed in 2016, but as of May 2021, the web site is no longer available; archives show the last posted article was in late 2017.

 

[Rob]

If it has to have daily in the URl

Doesn't 100% have to include "Daily" but I'm about 90%

It also doesn't 100% need WordPress. It could be a name change only and daily.net would remain 100% Xenforo forums like AF is now. But I don't see that panning out well in the long run.

Since Mark Zuckerberg announced "threads" at the domain threads.net, I've been feeling more "all-in" on the daily.net name, but I'd still consider other names. EarlyBird.Club was previously shot down but I still like it... Parody the Twitter blue bird logo, use the tagline #CoolNewShit, and go back to focusing on the hype and fun of upcoming products (of all kinds).

 

[olbriar]

I thought I had something when I thought of Tech Tox. nope... some joker has it. not really using it.. but has it.

 

[PitCarver]

What's your favorite name @PitCarver ?

How about post.community?

I'm not a fan of the "daily" tag.

 

[The_Chief]

Okay @Rob how about EZTechDaily? And it's even available! Tell me YES and I'll snag it fast for you. I figure that's why we're here... to make daily tech easy for users of all devices and skill levels. You can even grab the .net domain and redirect it!

 

[AugieTN]

HiTechDaily

 

[ocnbrze]

HiTechDaily

or HighTechDaily......this way we get the stoners as well.......LOL

 

[The_Chief]

or HighTechDaily......this way we get the stoners as well.......LOL

Yeah but then we'll end up having threads for smart bongs and iPipes... ummmmmm