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Can we please stop naming companies -ly, -ify and -erous? Pretty please with sugar on top. Sincerely, the world outside silicon valley.
by spitfire 16y ago
Can we please stop naming companies -ly, -ify and -erous?
Pretty please with sugar on top.
Sincerely,
the world outside silicon valley.
- pinksoda 16y agoAll the good domains are taken by squatters and bootstrapped start-ups can't afford the good ones, so we get creative.
- endlessvoid94 16y ago...but creative in the same way every other startup tries to be creative. That's not creativity.
- axod 16y ago5 years time, they'll seem VERY dated. Like all the e- domains of yesteryear - eToys.com eThis.com eThat.com
- xiaoma 16y ago...Etrade and eBay.
- davidw 16y agoI wonder if there's a name for this phenomenon. You can often guess at some things' decade of origin from the suffix. "o-tron" "o-matic" for instance were 40ies and 50ies.
- Goosey 16y agoThere are many names for this. Fad/Fashion/Trend. And I don't think the phenomenon is a negative one. Just as clothing fashion changes so does naming fashion. For some reason we feel that names should have a timelessness to them, but clothing should not? Both exist to engage humans on an emotional level and human engagement will change over time due to exposure to the current trend. IMHO Rebranding long lived companies > Stressing out about finding a 'timeless' brand. Optimizing your brand must take temporal concerns into account.
- davidw 16y agoNo, I mean something more specific: the suffixes that change over time. I'm curious if it's got a name.
- dshah 16y agoI have the perfect startup name: ifyerously As in: "If you seriously someone's going to remember this name, you're whacked"