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The name should be meaningful or at least not confusing to the general population.
Why?
One friend of mine said that it was confusing not just because he didn't know why it was relevant, but because the word "Waterline" has no strong positive connotations.
If the goal is to promote rationality, it seems counterproductive to have an offputting name...
"Waterline" isn't off-putting, just opaque. So are things like "Oxfam".
Waterline makes me think of Landmark, seasteading, and Bond villains trying to drown the planet.
Don't forget Sea Org!
It isn't even the bad kind of opaque; it's the curiosity-generating kind.
Anyway, better to be interestingly opaque than boringly transparent (not that those are the only choices).
I dislike opacity, myself. Also, I find "Oxfam" transparent.
I expect it to be slightly off-putting. I could be wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKk8w7HRyMg