It all started with an issue on my library, https://github.com/yoannmoinet/nipplejs/issues/80 which is cool, because we can discuss about the issue and the point raised was fair IMHO.<p>But it all went to shit pretty quickly, so I locked the thread and decided not to change the name.<p>Now the guy is just insulting me on twitter.<p>https://twitter.com/lazerwalker/status/1054658757228195840
https://twitter.com/lazerwalker/status/1054768005249462272<p>I still think NippleJS is a funny and innocent name.
Everybody has nipples, so it's pretty inclusive too.<p>I don't know anymore... is it?
I'm really looking for advices on how to handle this before it goes sideways.<p>Sorry for the drama.
Yeah just ignore. His initial tweet ('precious white dudes...') is borderline racist even. Reading the github issue, you handled things well even if others didn't, regardless of the merits of renaming the library or not.
Woman here. I don’t find the name offensive or foul or exclusionary, though I don’t find it especially humorous either and could understand why it might make some people uncomfortable. With that in mind, I’d describe it as a bit crass; and in a career context, unprofessional. Not worth getting into a flame war over, either way.
Here's an article of a developer who went through something similar: <a href="http://findingscience.com/ruby/2014/11/17/why-im-renaming-a-gem.html" rel="nofollow">http://findingscience.com/ruby/2014/11/17/why-im-renaming-a-...</a><p>The bit that stands out to me is an e-mail he received from a female engineer:<p>> While the idealist in me would love to aim for a world where sex was treated more equally and openly, the unfortunate reality of tech is that it has been a haven for misogynistic men and the environment is heavily male dominated. While in an ideal world the name SexMachine would be something that both genders could joke about, the reality is that the tech community is not ready or capable of that today.
> <a href="https://twitter.com/lazerwalker/status/1054768005249462272" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/lazerwalker/status/1054768005249462272</a><p>One of the tweets in response to this one:<p>> Thanks for doing this. It is especially tone deaf at this moment in time when trans rights are under direct attack in the US for a group of cis men to feel entitled in how they talk about other bodies.<p>What the hell does this have to do with trans people? "entitled in how they talk about other bodies"? What?<p>It's a nipple. Men have nipples. Women have nipples. Everyone has nipples. My cat has nipples. This has nothing to do with trans people.<p><i>At worst</i>, the name is unprofessional, but definitely not worth changing.
><i>I still think NippleJS is a funny and innocent name. Everybody has nipples, so it's pretty inclusive too.</i><p>I agree. The entire situation is absurd. The advice to ignore the naysayer(s) seems to be the correct course of action.<p>That said, the original issue has some comedy gems in it which I feel are worth mentioning here:<p><a href="https://github.com/yoannmoinet/nipplejs/issues/80#issuecomment-416608625" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/yoannmoinet/nipplejs/issues/80#issuecomme...</a><p>and in a later post (different author):<p><i>"And if nipples really make you uncomfortable, maybe you should visit a professional? Today you can't run away from nipples, they are everywhere and you will just be more and more uncomfortable."</i>
Haha that's hilarious. Don't worry about it, internet is full of dumb people. The only way to never offend anybody is to never do anything and have no personality whatsoever.<p>Keep the name, don't let them police all the delightful quirkiness out of the world.
I'm sorry you have to deal with this..<p>I find it very amusing that he says
"It feels like a microcosm of politics in 2018"<p>I agree with him there, if he means people finding reason to be offended over anything..<p>He was scared of mentioning using your library to his colleagues, but has no worries shouting about it to the world on twitter?<p>It makes me sad that people go out of their way to rob the harmless small joys of others.
It did take an unfortunate turn.<p>Good luck with the library, whatever you decide.<p>In a curiously pertinent piece of timing, you are not the only one rejecting calls to rename:<p><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/hardmaru/status/1054872232722223104" rel="nofollow">https://mobile.twitter.com/hardmaru/status/10548722327222231...</a>
Baby bottles have nipples.<p>Also, those little nuts in a bicycle wheel rim that hold the spokes in place and apply tension to them? They are called spoke nipples.<p>This numbnut that is harassing you will have a heart attack if he ever brings a bike with a broken spoke into a shop.<p>Some sort of short connector in plumbing is called a nipple, also.
Simple. It is called "compromise". Understand their concerns (they are valid IMO) and offer to change the logo but say you will keep the name for discoverability.<p>Using for example a baby bottle as your logo would be less offensive. IMO.
I don't think of it as offensive. It's an anatomy part, why would someone be offended by their body? Imho, don't change it, because there's no reason for such an action
I hate how politics keeps creeping in software industry. A few weeks ago there was a heated debate on Twitter over changing "SLAVE" to "REPLICA" in Redis, and sadly the maintainer gave in to the pressure.
And the customary xkcd:<p><a href="https://xkcd.com/243/" rel="nofollow">https://xkcd.com/243/</a><p>(nsfw language)