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Worse actually than domain names are social media handles. Type in any random concatenation of two words into namecheck.com and you are likely to find that the
by intrasight 6y ago
Worse actually than domain names are social media handles.
Type in any random concatenation of two words into namecheck.com and you are likely to find that the domain is available but all the social media handles are taken - and clearly parked.
This I don't really understand since you can't sell social media handles. What's the incentive to park thousands of them?
- bluefirebrand 6y ago> This I don't really understand since you can't sell social media handles What gives you that idea? I'm certain that social media handles get bought and sold all the time. Maybe it's against TOS but when has that stopped anyone?
- intrasight 6y agoYes. I am making the assumption that Fortune 500 companies are not going to do something against the TOS of major social media companies.
- bluefirebrand 6y agoFortune 500 companies don't have to, they go to the social media company and say "Hey someone is squatting on our handle, here's a bag with a dollar sign on it to force their account to change so we can have it" This is not theoretical, it actually does happen.
- intrasight 6y agoLots of things happen that are shady. Less shady, as I understand it, is to "rent" out those handles. Because it doesn't violate those TOSs.