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Eric_Pollock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Observers on social media compared the platform’s name “We” to the highly influential 1921 dystopian novel of the same name by Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin.
They actually couldn’t choose a different name than the novel that was written specifically about this very dystopian subject? Did they use it as inspiration? Because that seems less than coincidence…
fluxion@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s a blocking method. If 90% of the people who search a term after looking for the social platform it becomes much harder to find the book. Think of it like trying to find archival news articles about a perennial topic. You have to wade through all the recent shit and then there’s 2 hits from the time period you’re checking.
paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
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