New name, round two!

[Brock Beauchamp]

Okay, I like the way that first round went, there were three choices that received the bulk of votes and a fourth added that several people - myself included - really like.

 

So the new vote is your favorite choice and your backup choice (so vote for two!). I'll close this in a few days, possibly the 26th.

 

Previous post explaining:

 

First, I *hate* doing this. We try to avoid name changes and keep the original domain whenever possible. This is one of those "not possible" scenarios. We had to change the Brewers name as well because it was a .net domain. It sucks, I hate it.

 

Second, BlueJaysMessageBoard.com will always direct to the forum of the site so bookmarks will continue to function. I need to look at the underlying code but I will also try to name the forum "Blue Jays Message Board" for continuity.

 

But the site is going to get bigger... a lot bigger. And "Message Board" is only a small part of what we're going to be doing going forward.

 

I'm going to make a decision pretty quickly about this because our senior developer is nipping at my heels about this particular task. I'm going to put this to a vote but there are extenuating circumstances that may cause me to choose the second or third option instead of the first. It depends on some pending research I'm doing into social media channels, SEO strength, and other stuff.

 

Because continuity is important to me, I found a thread from WAY BACK on this forum about the original name and pulled some of the options that received votes in that 2013 poll. Unfortunately, most of the names I really liked are no longer available. Bummer.

 

So choose from some of these options. If you have opinions you'd like to share, give 'em here. I'll listen to everyone, though I cannot promise how/why I will ultimately make a decision. Naming a site is like juggling 50 balls at once and 46 of them are invisible to everyone else. I have a ton of factors I need to weigh in that aren't obvious to outside observers.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Looks like people can only see the poll on desktop mode? Well that’s annoying. You’re all gonna love the platform we’re moving to.

[Carlos Danger]

Blue Jays nest, vice lair, since we are birds;)

[Brock Beauchamp]

Blue Jays nest, vice lair, since we are birds;)

Blue Jays Nest is not available or it would definitely be on the list.

[hanton]

Looks like people can only see the poll on desktop mode? Well that’s annoying. You’re all gonna love the platform we’re moving to.

 

will it support posting videos (inline videos)....etc? because this one doesn't

[Brock Beauchamp]

will it support posting videos (inline videos)....etc? because this one doesn't

 

Sure will.

[P2F]

Looks like people can only see the poll on desktop mode? Well that’s annoying. You’re all gonna love the platform we’re moving to.

 

Is it Discourse?

[Brock Beauchamp]

Is it Discourse?

 

It's a heavily-modified version of Invision Community. We've spent several years customizing and adding features specifically for baseball, like prospect voting, roster building, and other cool stuff.