New nickname: iSKEP?

[arthwollipot]

I don't have it bookmarked - I tend to do things the hard way.

You shouldn't. The easy ways are easy because they're easy. Why on earth would you not do something the easy way?

Look, you don't even have to google. In every modern browser, you can start typing the beginning of the address and it will automatically pop up. Click in the address bar and start typing "int". The full address will pop up, you can arrow down and hit Enter. Easy.

 

[John Jones]

Here's my issue. If was easy to say JREF. I referred people to it. I don't know if they followed up but it was easy to say it. Also I got used to typing jref into Google. I understand the bookmark thing but typing those 4 letters is just how I did it. So the issue is partly simple inefficiency on my part but having a 4-letter, phonetically simple acronym has value, IMO.

'Splain me again what's wrong with ISF? Your complaints sound whiny. Am I insensitive to your needs?

 

[Minoosh]

'Splain me again what's wrong with ISF? Your complaints sound whiny. Am I insensitive to your needs?

Somewhat whiny. If I plug ISF in to my search engine this forum doesn't easily come up. The old acronym yielded instant results and actually still does.

So I was able to direct people to the site with 2 syllables instead of 9, 4 letters vs. 25. It was potentially a way to efficiently refer people to the site.

 

[Minoosh]

Dupe

 

[Minoosh]

You shouldn't. The easy ways are easy because they're easy. Why on earth would you not do something the easy way?

To burn calories?

 

[arthwollipot]

So I was able to direct people to the site with 2 syllables instead of 9, 4 letters vs. 25. It was potentially a way to efficiently refer people to the site.

You know that Google returns different search results for different people, right?

 

[Minoosh]

You know Google returns different search results for different people, right?

I do. And I tend to disable auto fill and go on history-purging rampages and slaughter innocent cookies. So that all might have something to do with it.

Does anyone else still Google "jref" to get here?

 

[Wowbagger]

iAM inFAVOR of iSKEP. iTHINK itHAS more CHARACTER.

 

[Loss Leader]

Does ISF not mean Insufficient Funds to you people?

In any case, I think it would be great to rename this place "Insufficient Funds."

 

[Orphia Nay]

I have no objections to iSKEP, but I'll probably just end up saving extra typing and write ISF.

I don't need to Google the name, I have the forum saved in Chrome settings as one of my home tabs.

Nicknames usually evolve rather than being decided on. Otherwise, I'd suggest Randi's Rejects... rrrrrrrr.

 

[wardenclyffe]

Does anyone else still Google "jref" to get here?

I do. It allows me to get a quick link here and a quick link to JREF so I can check them both out.

Ward

 

[arthwollipot]

There are lots of much easier ways to get here than Googling. I just don't understand why someone would choose one of the harder, less convenient methods when there is such a variety of easier ways.

 

[Minoosh]

There are lots of much easier ways to get here than Googling. I just don't understand why someone would choose one of the harder, less convenient methods when there is such a variety of easier ways.

I am almost not joking when I say I add the extra keystrokes to burn calories. An article I once read said that a secretary who switched from a manual to an electric typewriter would gain 2 pounds a year.

That seems too high, but it's occasionally my justification for doing things the inconvenient way.

 

[Joey McGee]

nO.

 

[Manopolus]

Here's a fun site that googling "ISF" can take you to:

http://www.theisf.com/

(international spiritualist's foundation)

That's what I call irony!

 

[devnull]

iAM inFAVOR of iSKEP. iTHINK itHAS more CHARACTER.

Nah, there's less characters, that's the point.

 

[quadraginta]

I do. And I tend to disable auto fill and go on history-purging rampages and slaughter innocent cookies. So that all might have something to do with it.

Does anyone else still Google "jref" to get here?

I haven't googled anything to get here in years. I have every site that I have a log-in and user name for all put in a separate bookmark folder. Cleverly labeled "log-in pages"

Although that doesn't really get much use for here. I also have the site pinned on my Firefox tab bar ( along with 4 or 5 other pages), so it is always there, and opens automagically every time I open Firefox.

By an odd coincidence I happened to mention the board to an old friend of mine last night on the phone while catching up on each other's recent past (we hadn't spoken for quite a few years), and he emailed me back today saying he was having a bit of trouble finding it.


ISF didn't help and trying JREF got him onto the old JREF site, where he said he couldn't find anything re-directing him here.

I sent him the URL for our home page.

I think ISF is just fine, but we need to see if there is something we can do to boost it in search result rankings.

If that isn't possible then a more unique name might be in order.

 

[quadraginta]

I have no objections to iSKEP, but I'll probably just end up saving extra typing and write ISF.

I don't need to Google the name, I have the forum saved in Chrome settings as one of my home tabs.

Nicknames usually evolve rather than being decided on. Otherwise, I'd suggest Randi's Rejects... rrrrrrrr.

Actually, that isn't a bad suggestion. Has a roguish sort of ring to it.

Although maybe branding ourselves as a bunch of JREF cast-offs may not be the best way to sell the board to strangers.

Regardless of how true it may be.

 

[Klimax]

For searching "ISF forum" gets closer (on Bing it is on first page bottom, same goes for Google).

 

[arthwollipot]

Try searching for "International Skeptics Forum"?