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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Aug 2015

    Change Your Name: http://paulgraham.com/name.html 

    10:57 AM - 9 Aug 2015
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      2. Joel Spolsky‏Verified account @spolsky 9 Aug 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Dropbox didn't have their .com for years

        3 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Aug 2015
        Replying to @spolsky

        @spolsky During which time not having it was an ongoing distraction.

        4 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
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      2. Beau Hartshorne‏ @hartshorne 9 Aug 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg many great names are available in the aftermarket and priced reasonably. I need do a better job indexing and surfacing them.

        3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 10 Aug 2015
        Replying to @hartshorne

        @hartshorne Yes, the nature of domain search has changed since you wrote IDS. I still always use it though.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Rob Kischuk‏ @rkischuk 9 Aug 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg How many of them _started_ owning their .com? Unless the Top 20 chose an already popular name, the .com is easily acquired at scale.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Aug 2015
        Replying to @rkischuk

        @rkischuk Easily afforded ≠ easily acquired. See the last footnote.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Geoff Graham‏ @geoffreydgraham 9 Aug 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @rkischuk Obvious benefits notwithstanding, acquiring a pricey domain is not highest & best use of $ for a bootstrapped startup.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      5. Geoff Graham‏ @geoffreydgraham 9 Aug 2015
        Replying to @geoffreydgraham

        @paulg @rkischuk It becomes a good investment when the cash is available and product/market fit is clear, but not before.

        0 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
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      2. Scott Buscemi‏ @scottbuscemi 9 Aug 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg of note, Stripe’s name does relate to what they do (credit card magnetic stripes). Full story:http://www.quora.com/How-did-Stripe-come-up-with-its-name …

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Aug 2015
        Replying to @scottbuscemi

        @swb1192 That connection though is so weak that roughly zero potential customers see it.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Scott Buscemi‏ @scottbuscemi 9 Aug 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg true. Seems there are examples that are even less related, ie Apple.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 9 Aug 2015
        Replying to @scottbuscemi

        @swb1192 @paulg It was also entirely coincidental. We ourselves didn't initially think of the connection.

        0 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
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      1. Kevin Marks‏ @kevinmarks 10 Aug 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        so, @paulg changing name is an interesting suggestion. How's http://alphabet.com  vs http://abc.xyz  ?

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      2. Sara Clayton‏ @saraclay15 11 Aug 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg So it looks like http://Alphabet.com  is owned by BMW and allegedly BMW refuses to sell to Google...pic.twitter.com/6WHqlFmuIL

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Tanay Jaipuria‏Verified account @tanayj 11 Aug 2015
        Replying to @saraclay15

        @saraclay15 maybe Larry and Sergei should have googled the name they wanted to call their company 😁

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Sara Clayton‏ @saraclay15 11 Aug 2015
        Replying to @tanayj

        @tanayj Right? Or maybe they just got cocky during the meeting - "We can buy whatever domain we want, right? Due diligence? Nahhh."

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Tanay Jaipuria‏Verified account @tanayj 11 Aug 2015
        Replying to @saraclay15

        @saraclay15 it's fine they can just take out all the ads for when people search Bmw and alphabet for a 0.00CPC until BMW sells 😉

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Sara Clayton‏ @saraclay15 11 Aug 2015
        Replying to @tanayj

        @tanayj LOL 😶‼️

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      1. Thibaud Elziere‏ @tiboel 14 Aug 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg agreed - I also strongly believe in .app extension especially for mobile apps.

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