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I find the idea behind the extension good, but the name chosen is more of the usual trolling seen in online flamewars, revolving around arbitrary notions of morality based on people's particular religious/moral beliefs.

You're setting yourself up for having trolls explicitly leave negative reviews to tell you how X isnt really kind and it destroys rainforests and rats etc etc.

Is the perceived moral superiority alluded to by the plugin's name really a necessary selling point? Why not just go for a straightforward "does what it says on the tin" name like "SubstituteVegan" or "VeganizeYourRecipe" or something.

Might as well call it "AccordingToMySpiritualBeliefsYouAreAMurderousAssholeIfYouDontClickThis" while you're at it.

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> trolls [...] negative reviews

Trolls gonna troll. That's nothing new to vegans and companies calling kind products "kind." [1][2][3]

> selling point

It is absolutely a selling point to rally kind people in this rapidly growing market together.

[1] https://veganproducts.org/vegan-box-delivery/the-vegan-kind-... [2] https://bkind.com/ [3] https://vegfaqs.com/kind-granola-bars-vegan/

> arbitrary notions of morality

Is this kind? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7hAELEBjX4

People who participate in this practice are unambiguously unkind. People who put a stop this practice are unambiguously kind and deserving of the adjective kind.

> People who participate in this practice are unambiguously unkind

Existence proof: I've met kind people who work at slaughterhouses.

Disclaimer: I eat meat and dairy.

Veganism is objectively kinder towards animals, the environment, and often your own body. The rainforest argument is bullshit since something like 70 percent of soy is used for animal feed. Who cares what trolls say.

Veganism is about being kind to animals. You can argue whether or not it matters to be kind to animals, or whether it's more important to satisfy human taste buds. But I don't think it's arguable that farming animals is unkind to them, and "EatKind" is a relevant and clever name.

Haha!

I would have bought "Veganize.It" if it was available. EatKind.co is short and easy to remember. Which was important to me. Also, anyone who has decided to cut down or eliminate meat and dairy would do it some kind reason. They are my target market. Negative trollers won't really use this anyway.

Fair enough, I hope you're right!

Your heart seems in the right place and I like the cut of your jib! I wish you all the best. :)

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