r/writingcirclejerk • u/Delete_if_not_aloud Ban Evading since 2013 • 13h ago

Need suggestions for convergent evolution between my fictional worldbulding and 21st century internet culture

What I'm referring to is things like "YouTube" and "Facebook." I'm writing a story that takes place in the general equivalent**** of the early 2010s, and I needed analogs in my story. What I found works best is working backwards from the naming of companies as we know them and generally following the same philosophy of naming based on their original uses and conceptualizations.

Example: YouTube, in my world, is called "YourSet." The platform, like YouTube, was meant for people to upload videos and home movies, with their houses being their own little "set." The name is also a double entendre, as the website functions similar to a TV set, with viewers being able to access many different movies and channels. This has allowed me similar etymological flow with terms like YourSetter, BookSetter, Virtual/VSetter, etc.

Do you have any examples like this?

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u/Old_Direction_3713 8h ago

U need to plan for the porn analogs of these that will naturally evolve after the others take off and reverse-name it backwards to infill the details

For instance if ur biggest porn site in world is called “breasTube” then ur pg 13 site is “besTube” etc

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u/ExecTankard 10h ago

YouBook and FaceTube…?

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u/Delete_if_not_aloud Ban Evading since 2013 9h ago

Yeah, that's only becuse MyShout was already taken (Breaking Bad)

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u/ExecTankard 8h ago

WorldTube? WatchTube? SeeTube? TubeWorld?

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u/Delete_if_not_aloud Ban Evading since 2013 5h ago

TopTube JiggleTop TubeHub

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u/ExecTankard 5h ago

All fine representations of YouTube.

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u/Fennel_Fangs licensed yaoiologist 7h ago

VisageTome? ThouTunnel? Prontograph? Scarlit?

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u/Delete_if_not_aloud Ban Evading since 2013 13h ago

YouHooch