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Calckey rebrands to Firefish (calckey.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Calckey/Firefish is based off of Misskey, a powerful microblogging server on ActivityPub with features such as emoji reactions, a customizable web UI, rich chatting.

Wow, what a wild ride, huh? From those first brainstorming sessions that sparked Calckey, to the epic journey that brings us here today, rebranding as Firefish - I've gotta say, I'm seriously blown away.

One year ago, Calckey was just my side project, after being a Misskey contributor for a while. But when y'all jumped on board, you made it so much more. You transformed it from my dream to our reality.

Firefish isn't just a cool name. It's everything we've been working towards. It's late nights, strong coffee, wild ideas, laughs, and even the occasional tears. It's our little space on the web where we're constantly pushing for the next big thing, and always looking out for one another.

So here we are, at the start of something new. Firefish is more than just a rebrand - it's a celebration. A celebration of you, me, and us. It's a tribute to the amazing community we've built together. Firefish is all of YOU.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably a good choice. Calckey sounds like an unmaintained spreadsheet software project. Firefish is better, if a little generic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yea ... it seems to be the fundamental issue with the new name. "Fish" is just a way too generic and and boring or unappealing word, idea, food, smell, industry, practice etc.

The logo is awesome, but I'll probably always cringe just a little everytime I say "fire-fish" ... sorry to say. Honestly interested in whether I'll every adapt to the name.

Otherwise, for those using or thinking of using mastodon but who've never seen firefish nee calckey ... go check it out, you've never seen microblogging done quite like it