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When I saw the HN title for this I thought it was going to be extremely lame. I'm glad I read it. Here's what I learned: - You chose a name and started a compa
by lolsal 12y ago
When I saw the HN title for this I thought it was going to be extremely lame. I'm glad I read it. Here's what I learned:
- You chose a name and started a company and based your branding off a name when you knew you didn't have the .com domain.
- You bullied a guy that had a domain and was working on something. Even threatened the guy with legal action.
- The 'how' in the title was never actually revealed beyond the bullying. This was a self-congratulatory opinion article.
- I will never, ever recommend SocialRank and will actively recommend against using your services or doing business with you.
- panda455 12y agoDisagree with this. The owner was domain squatter. Also, if everyone chose the name of their company based on available .com's there would be no good names anymore. They took a risk and it seemed to work out.
- 3cd6c927 12y agoAccording to the article, the owner of the domain was not taking advantage of the buyer's trademark...because it didn't exist. So no, by simple definition, the owner was not a domain squatter.