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Did the name change really help with broader appeal? (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

No clue.

My theory doesn’t hold up to a web search, but honestly at the time the book was exploding here in Canada it was commonly talked about as the pagan or similar word offending primarily in the US.