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It is nice of YC to host Hacker News at all (I mean, it makes sense for business reasons and all), but I don't think it's fair to expect them to pay for a hefty
by rubbingalcohol 12y ago
It is nice of YC to host Hacker News at all (I mean, it makes sense for business reasons and all), but I don't think it's fair to expect them to pay for a hefty domain name purchase on top of already providing a free service.
- krapp 12y agopg could probably pay for it with the change in his couch cushions, so I doubt cost would be much of a issue. Although, the YC staff might consider the influx of new users to be counterproductive, and also the current url does have 'ycombinator' in it. But in any case, first come, first serve. Just ask Nissan Motors. Or whoever owns nissan.com
- jonny_eh 12y agoWouldn't that money be better spent going to a charity or a startup?
- krapp 12y agoProbably. As an investment, I don't think the domain has much value for them since Hacker News isn't their brand, it's just the name of the forum. But I don't think getting the money would be an issue - though I guess a lot depends on how much the domain is actually worth, and whether they planned to do something crazy like add paid accounts to take advantage of the higher visibility.
- VLM 12y agoThere the unfounded assumption that the old domain owner will spend the vast stacks of cash on the proverbial "blackjack and hookers" and waste all the rest, instead of spending it on charity and startups.