Put up your hand if....

[NZ Jeremy]

....you can remember when Zoochat was called Zoobeat...

 

[Chlidonias]

me for one. There's gotta be a lot of us...it hasn't been Zoochat for that long.

 

[Maguari]

Me! In fact, although the address has been updated, the title of my browser 'favourite' is still ZooBeat...

 

[Baldur]

And so can I!

 

[Shorts]

Me! In fact, although the address has been updated, the title of my browser 'favourite' is still ZooBeat...

Same for me, I lurked a long time before joining though.

 

[OrangePerson]

Yep!

(and some unnecessary words to make the message long enough)

 

[Meaghan Edwards]

I joined when it was still ZooBeat I think I prefered that title.

 

[Zambar]

Another hand here. Why was the name changed out of interest?

 

[zoogiraffe]

Yet another one with me!

 

[bongorob]

It was Zoobeat when I joined.

 

[Chlidonias]

Another hand here. Why was the name changed out of interest?

the name changed in October 2008, but I can't find the thread from the time discussing it. I think it was something to do with a similar site elsewhere?

I quite like Zoochat as a name though (now. I didn't at the time )

 

[Cat-Man]

hand up here

 

[Chlidonias]

I'm not sure I even understand the purpose of creating this thread

 

[NZ Jeremy]

No purpose apart from the fact I thought some newer members might be interested to know it wasn't always called Zoochat...

 

[Simon Hampel]

Another hand here. Why was the name changed out of interest?

It's mostly to do with a possible alternative meaning for the old name which could potentially lead to some people believing that the site was intended for something rather different to what it is ... in a bad way. I won't go into details in public.

I thought the name ZooChat was more meaningful anyway. I had to purchase the domain name from someone - cost me a few thousand dollars too!

By the way, when I changed the name I flagged all existing users in the database so I know exactly who was an existing member at the time we changed