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Zucker News? Facecombinator? HN Connect? (Disclaimer: I loathe facebook)

• dkersten 16y ago
  Facecombinator is an awesome name
  • mkramlich 16y ago
    Wow, somebody here moves fast: ]> host Facecombinator.com Facecombinator.com has address 69.163.237.51
    • uxp 16y ago
      Whoever owns that better keep an eye out behind them. I wouldn't touch a startup or project that had any hint of a social media platform and included the name face and/or book until that whole TeachBook thing gets sorted out. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/upstart-attacks-facebook/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/upstart-attacks-fac... Maybe I'm just a wuss.
      • Tichy 16y ago
        You're a wuss.
      • jacquesm 16y ago
        That teachbook thing is almost a foregone conclusion unless they have a very large amount of money in the bank or get a big sponsor. If I were them - and I'm not a wuss - I'd change names pronto. You pick your battles, and in a case like this the downside is considerable for very little upside, already 'teachbook.com' has had a bunch of free publicity, more than they could hope to get otherwise. If a steamroller the size of FB aims for you and you're not 100% in the clear (and I really don't see how they could make the case that they came up with the name independently and were not aware of the facebook brand and website) then you fold. The person behind facecombinator.com is a wuss too, because they registered the name through an anonymizer, that speaks of 'bad faith' to me. If you've got nothing to hide and you're above board, don't hide.
    • dkersten 16y ago
      I was considering registering it myself and it was available when I checked. Then I decided against it because I wasn't actually going to do anything worthwhile with it (for reasons other people specified here).