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I'm not a member of your target audience, but I can't imagine BoredBanker is a very motivating name for people to start interesting discussions.
by nicklovescode 13y ago
I'm not a member of your target audience, but I can't imagine BoredBanker is a very motivating name for people to start interesting discussions.
- Jagat 13y agoBanker News
- GrahamsNumber 13y agoWhile that is no doubt a valid name, I find it extremely amusing for some reason edit: Probably too much time spent on hn
- chebucto 13y agoIt is close in pronunciation to 'wanker news'. Maybe 'Broker News' or 'Teller News'?
- king_magic 13y agoI actually love this as a name. I was originally going to say "just stick with Financier News", but Banker News is perfect. I actually like the idea of this site. I spent a few years consulting in financial services and always found the world fascinating. I could see myself browsing it on a regular basis.
- drippingfist 13y ago5?
- king_magic 13y agoI'm not sure what you're asking?
- tdeangelis 13y agoThank you sir. Banker News is a great name! So simple, yet I hadn't though about it
- ddeck 13y agoAnother vote for Banker News. Three syllables vs six. That, and Financier News might attract pastry chefs in addition to your target audience... As a member of your target audience, I'd suggest focusing on the discussion side since that's where you likely to be able to add value. Finance professionals already have content professionally curated and ranked by the various paid news services - Reuters, Bloomberg TOP, READ (ranked by views) etc., but there is no discussion there.
- samstave 13y agoBankstering
- agumonkey 13y agoBackerNews
- xerophtye 13y agoThat could work for investors...
- taude 13y agoNeeds more Silicon Valley ring to it....maybe BankrNooz.io. (I joke).
- robzyb 13y agoI am a member of his target audience, BoredBanker is not a very motivating name for me to start interesting discussions. And thats a big shame, because I was recently lamenting the lack of Slashdot/reddit/HN for the finance industry.
- phyalow 13y agoI'm also a member of your target audience. Change the name to something else from "Financier News" && "Bored Banker". Site looks good - have bookmarked.
- gk1 13y agoIt's the first thing I noticed about the site, and this was my thought exactly. I hope OP reconsiders.
- chaz 13y agoNor is it a good name for word-of-mouth. "Hey, I saw an interesting article on BoredBanker."
- kumarski 13y agoThe creator needs to buy boardbanker.com as well.
- GigabyteCoin 13y agoWhy? Who owns hackernews.com?
- GrahamsNumber 13y agoboard banker, as in a typo. I think he's implying people will misspell it a lot.
- rschmitty 13y agoI feel bad but I sometimes forget ycombinator and google hacker news when I'm away from a device I own/have HN bookmarked. Kinda like how you forget your wife's phone number.. I know I should know it but I always click her name in the address book :)
- tdeangelis 13y agoThat is true: I was going for a funny and short name that's easy to remember, but I realize now how boredBanker comes across as lazy and not conducive to interesting discussions. EDIT: I am currently considering changing the domain (and the title)
- whyleyc 13y agoDon't ! BoredBanker is an excellent name - memorable, amusing & not overly long. There's already enough dry, grey, "serious" content associated with this industry - having an offbeat and slightly subversive name will be part of your appeal. People who tell you they won't use the site because of the name are being disingenuous - if the quality of news & discussion is good enough they'll come.
- petercooper 13y agoExactly, Windows "Vista", the "Xbox", the "Wii", the "iPad".. and more were all ridiculed as stupid names early on but all became serious brands. You couldn't move online for jokes about the "iPad" being a female hygiene product for a while around the launch..
- garybizzle 13y agoBored banker here. I think it's a great name. It shows that even though a lot of people look at the finance world as high-energy and lucrative, in reality it's a bunch of overly-confident young guns looking at spreadsheets all day. I felt like the domain was calling my name..
- evoloution 13y agoBoredom brings me to HN and boredom makes me wanna learn new things. I think it is a great name. Plus broad audience, I have only met a few bankers that are not bored with their jobs... Has links to some nice articles btw
- Alex_MJ 13y agoIf hackernews was called "bored programmer" I would be reminded I was bored every time I visited. From a marketing standpoint, sounding cool and compelling is a thousand times more important than being literal and accurate. My first reactions to: "Hacker News" = "Whoa, hackers! This is what hackers read!" "Bored hacker" = "What kind of hacker is bored? I want to go where the cool up-to-date hackers are." "Bored programmer" = "Man, fuck those guys."
- yen223 13y agoWell, one of the biggest financial websites out there is called Fool.com...
- smsm42 13y agoI think name matters less than you think. Otherwise sites with names like "google", "yahoo" or "reddit" could never make it. If it's good, they will come, whatever the name is (within reason, of course).
- arielserafini 13y agoBut those names you cited are all easy to pronounce! Bored Banker is a lot longer and "stiffer" in my opinion.