Hey folks, I'm thinking of starting a #ottawa / #toronto / #ontario based #PixelFed instance for #artists and #makers
I think it'd be a great intro to different types of folks to the #Fediverse that aren't necessarily into the twitter-style on mastodon.
Any thoughts for names? I'm thinking of some sort of `.art` or `.ca` domain.
another idea: mapleposting.art
@mauve poutine.art? *ducks* sorry! Was just the first random word that popped into my head.. that and polite.. maybe.. politepoutine.art?
(I mean this totally in jest of course, stereotypes are fun to joke about, especially as a convict.. uhm, I mean, Australian)
@thisismissem Oh yeah! That's a great idea actually. I think having some very "canadian" sounding words could be fun.
From my experience most other Canadians I know are pretty chill with the stereotypes they're assigned. :P
I feel like "beaver" would be a good one but the connotations with genitalia would be a problem. 😅
@mauve @thisismissem
aboot.art
@dym @thisismissem Nice. 180 dollars to sign up though so I'll need to think if I wanna spend that much on a domain. :P
Maybe something-aboot.art or aboot-something.art?
talkaboot.art is an order of magnitude cheaper. 🤔
@mauve @thisismissem
oh, 180 canadians, yeah kinda alot for.
aboot.ca is 16 on namecheap
@dym postaboot.art is pretty cheap too and kinda describes what folks would do on there. I feel like aboot.ca misses the art aspect.
abootart.ca is cool too?
@mauve
postaboot is def better;
there is also moose.ink
@dym Oh!! I didn't know .ink was even an option.
K, ty for the brainstorm, I'll run these by some artsy folks in meatspace to get their reactions. :P
@mauve Artario.ca?
@mauve I'll be curious to see what's decided. #CanadianArtists #CanadianMakers
@mauve Hi!
been working on something like this for a bit… maybe we chat, see if we can collaborate?
@EtherNRhum Yeah, I'd love to! Feel free to DM me or email me at contact@mauve.moe :)
@mauve@mauve.moe My first thought was algonquinschool.ca after the original moniker for the Group of Seven, but that might seem as though it was culturally appropriative (if that's a word). A lot of their work is in the McMicheal Gallery, y not mcmicheal.ca or groupof7.ca/art?
I know, I'm being Go7-centric and there's so much more to Ontario art but they just spring to mind.
Why not trilliam.art ago.art (though if they ever get a presence they may want it back) or just ontario.art?
@mauve how's on.art?
@anna_r_chy That's pretty good one. Seems to be taken already though. Generally the fewer characters the harder it is to get. :o
@mauve ah bummer, do hope whomever has it- is a server dedicated to sitting on top of art
K, how cringe would ehposting.art be? :P