Misnomer (?)

Greetings, everyone

Have you wondered why we call the forums where we are supposed to socialize, make alliances, create and consolidate projects, and get to know people and cultures Discord?

I know, we had the tool named already; but still.

I had not thought about this until I found myself trying to offer @r2cornell some suggestions and feedback on his bilingual posts. He has been doing an amazing job reaching out to the Spanish-speaking community on Steemit and I have enjoyed his post even before he started to publish in both English and Spanish. The thing is that when it comes to the word Discord, like many other Anglicism, we tend to not translate it (like we did with fax, bus, ticket, taxi and many other words). When I read the word in translation it makes me think about it as a misnomer.

In Spanish (as I am sure it also happens in English), “discord” (discordia) has a bunch of negative meanings along the lines of conflict, friction, hostility, clashing, quarrel, disagreement, dispute, argument, disunion, discrepancy, difference, opposition, or inconformity.

I read a little bit about the origin of this program or application and I understand it was developed by Jason Citron and initially intended for gamers. Maybe the competitive nature of the initial use it was put to made it a nice fit. But, when I read in Spanish búscanos en el canal de Discordia (find us on Discord), it sounds like the school bully challenges: “we’ll settle this in recess or after school.” ### How does Discord sound in your native language?

There is even a goodness of strife and discord. Her name is Eris (Discordia in Roman mythology)

Source

And hateful Eris bore painful Ponos ("Hardship"),
Lethe ("Forgetfulness") and Limos ("Starvation") and the tearful Algea ("Pains"), Hysminai ("Battles"), Makhai ("Wars"), Phonoi ("Murders"), and Androktasiai ("Manslaughters"); Neikea ("Quarrels"), Pseudea ("Lies"), Logoi ("Stories"), Amphillogiai ("Disputes"), Dysnomia ("Anarchy") and Ate ("Ruin"), near one another, and Horkos ("Oath"), who most afflicts men on earth.

That’s a horrendous family tree, don’t you think?

I know that some Discord channels have actually served as scenario for some really ugly fights, but that is not what usually happens in these forums. Thus, I wonder, should we rebaptize these channels, refer to them in a more friendly manner?
Just a thought.

Should we call it

Concord?

Concordia?

Dialogue?

Accord?

Or simply

Cord?

I like Cord. We can associate it with friendship and bonds, links, ties, connections, collaborations, partnerships; more along the lines of what Steemit and the Blockchain in general should be all about, don't you think?

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