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I think this is an understated problem. Vowel-stripping from names has become a part of today's bleeding edge tech culture, but it's really just a work around t
by null_ptr 13y ago
I think this is an understated problem. Vowel-stripping from names has become a part of today's bleeding edge tech culture, but it's really just a work around the crowded domains market.
Vowel-stripped names sound and look OK to me today, but I wonder how well they'll stand the test of time 10 years down the road, whether they'll feel reputable or whether we'll see a lot of successful businesses add back a few of their missing a-e-i-o-u's.
- Kerrick 13y agoI think it's a mixed bag. flickr never re-voweled, but twttr did.
- vdaniuk 13y agoVowel stripping is a feature that highly correlates with a tech target audience of a domain. So I'd prefer to see more vowel-stripped domains intended for tech crowd and regular word .com domains for general public.