Eh, I don't really support it. I've suggested in the past that it be changed. I just think if there is a vote "no change" should be an option. That's all. I'm not even sure there should be a vote (maybe just a poll), but if there is a vote, don't do a sham vote with one obvious option conspicuously missing.

That ghost looks stoned as hell.  Makes sense actually.

Also, I want a "boo hooter"

Yup. Free SEO is worth a lot. Anyone proposing to change to a word that doesn't have that should be putting forward an estimate of the necessary costs and time necessary to effectively SEO another name.

Ripple and Stellar are VC- or corporate-funded startups with large budgets for marketing and PR. Quark is a shitcoin that happened to get pumped once and hasn't quite finished its slow decline to zero yet (but almost there relatively speaking), so who cares about it?

Agree fully with comments by HinnomTX and smooth.

Personally originally I had hated boolberry for it's silly and playful connotations. Marginally better than honeypenny but seemingly not chosen by a native speaker, my choice was keccash (mispronounced) as a replacement- 2 syllables, reflects cash properties, reference to underlying pow algo etc, unique, domains available etc, it's not amazing either really

however in the meantime BBR name has grown on me lot more than expected, think few others had said the same- There are thousands of Xcoins and Ycoins but only one boolberry.  

As mentioned by others there have been in the past things perceived as 'childish' name for non-childish projects such as yahoo or google. Of course, to 'google' something is now a commonly accepted verb

Boolberry can be referred to easily by the short ticker BBR - it's not a mouthful-  the fact it's a unique term not previously associated with any project, with boolberry.com, boolberry.org domains available as mentioned is not insignificant. It will be a battle to associate a vague term with this project exclusively, we do not have the same level of resources and fat wallets to throw at marketing as ripple labs.

I don't think it's important to spend too much energy on the name at this point, it would of been best before the coin launched as finding consensus now will be tricky. But do think a rebrand might be interesting- even if only to put the moaning about the kiddy name which has been heard on a number of occasions to rest finally. RUNE in letters at the top of a wallet certainly feels a lot more cypherpunk than BoolBerry

Maybe community will naturally adopt the term they like most and run with it. regardless of what official name is - whether that is BBR, XRN, XRU etc

My advice to CZ (for what it's worth), is to go with YOUR instinct on the name.

Everyone will have an opinion on why the name should be kept or changed or why X name will attract more/ less investors.

Truth is it's all academic.

It's disruptive technology. Call it want you want, provided the technology stands up, the name will be synonymous with the disruption it causes.

Brand changing is known to kill.

This view is equally OTT.

Dev team is entitled to change the name. It seems to me this 'vote' is more of a consultation exercise on a choice of 3 new names that they're mulling over.

Anyone 'put off' because BBR is off the table, would be as shortsighted as those that 'couldn't bring themselves to invest in a coin called Boolberry.'

'Manipulative' and 'phony' are strong words and out of context with what is happening here..

+1 for keeping it Boolberry.

To me it seems like they're damned if they do, damned if they don't.

• (1) Keep the name - people have complained it's too childish to invest in (be interested to see how many of these start investing/ supporting after name change, or whether it was a convenient excuse).
• (2) Pick new name themselves - people would complain about not being consulted.
• (3) Vote (from shortlist) - people complaining about lack of choice.
• (4) Vote (no shortlist) - people would complain about lack of direction and leadership.

I think its transparent from the Voting thread, that the re-naming is part of a bigger re-branding exercise. These are the names that the dev teams feel they can most readily market and promote. They're giving the community a say on the three.

Analogues with national elections are way off the mark.

I don't see the big deal in the renaming nor in the process.