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> Probably one of the reasons that startups tend to have nonsense made up words for names? Yes > Having said that really good names are probably taken by leg
by marcus_holmes 6y ago
> Probably one of the reasons that startups tend to have nonsense made up words for names?
Yes
> Having said that really good names are probably taken by legitimate businesses.
And No. Very no. There are lots of really good names out there that are being sat on, doing nothing. Anyone who's started a business can tell you of the infuriating days or weeks spent coming up with good names and then finding they're all being squatted, before settling for some nonsense made up name because "ffs I don't care any more, just hammer something into the keyboard that's available and we'll have that and get on with it"
- jobigoud 6y ago> can tell you of the infuriating days or weeks spent coming up with good names On the other hand it is quite fun to try to think about an original name that nobody else has thought of before. So yeah your days or weeks are in competition with people's years of doing this as a hobby.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoSure, but are they actually setting up a website for that domain, or is "thinking about an original name" the extent of their involvement? Not that I'm knocking that, if that's what floats your boat. It's just exasperating when you're actually trying to do something else and this gets in the way.