L2G/gossip — Issue #1: "Preteen" system metaphor can be construed as creepy :-)
Author: L2G
Created: 2012-02-14 20:01:36+00:00
State: open

["Gossip uses preteens as its system metaphor."](http://l2g.github.com/gossip/classes.html)

This could be construed as creepy when the developer using Gossip is a childless adult male. Brian Marick apparently chose the metaphor in honor of his then-preteen daughter, but still...

What alternatives are there? Tabloids? Whatever replacement is chosen, it would almost certainly mean changing the API.