@GIMP i'd love to be happy about software, but thanks to the name your posts are a jumpscare. it could have just been IMP, but nooo, yous just had to provoke to feel clever

@jackie @GIMP What a weird take on the name, GIMP's been around for a very long time, and their developers (as previously mentioned by the GIMP account) weren't aware of any negative connotations of the word. I'm really skeptical on whether or not disabled people actually see GIMP software and are offended by its name. I think the amount of people insistent on the changing of the name, which does not particularly have a meaning in most languages, and still in most contexts the meaning is not relevant, warrants changing, which would require an immeasurable amount of developer hours. Changing a name means changing the entire branding, which means making it unrecognizable in the future.

My local schools here in Finland use GIMP, they have had no problems with the name or anything. And Finland has a 90% English proficiency, this just shows the name of software doesn't really matter.

Honestly, I'm gonna say it outright, if when you look at the name of the GIMP software, and your immediate thought is a slur, there *might* be something wrong with you.

@Grant_M @samuel @jackie @GIMP Yes, more than leaving the name if it isn't done right. It has to be well done and with substantial support from the whole community, also it will take a lot of time to be effective as most people will search for Gimp in tutorials and so on, making content creators use titles like "New name (Gimp)".

@moc @Grant_M @samuel @jackie indeed - and there are people who make income from training, youtube videos and so on. I don't know what the outcome of the discussions will be, but we do plan to have the discussions.