@zdl@mastodon.online @kyozou@sfba.social I'm not trying to correct any of the key points you made. It just seems that given his background, Mao Wenchao must have been aware how the name of his app would have sounded to English speakers. Maybe he did it on purpose, or maybe he just didn't care because the English-speaking world was completely irrelevant to him at the time. Both are possible. I just don't believe that the very association never even crossed his mind until some Americans started showing up on his platform three days ago.
Because ultimately I start from the assumption that the current crop of Chinese leaders (both in business and politics, and unlike their navel-gazing Western counterparts) are at least somewhat aware of the ideas and opinions of the rest of the world. If you think that's the wrong attitude then fine, I'll never bother you with it again.