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0 pointsjonathankoren2y ago0 comments

TLDs may sort of be fungible, but not really. No one looks at widgets.com and widgets.tube as identical, whereas no one really cares about one car versus another beyond feelings of personal worth.

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listenallyall2y ago

I think Hyatt and Hilton have a lot stronger brand names than "a friendly lady named Shiela" but Airbnb built an empire on the latter.

jonathankorenOP2y ago

Comeback when anyone builds an iconic brand around .$BRAND_NAME or even .museum

Seriously. It’s not an issue of brand recognition. It’s an issue of decades of basic phishing defense.

listenallyall2y ago

bit.ly

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0 pointsjonathankoren2y ago0 comments

TLDs may sort of be fungible, but not really. No one looks at widgets.com and widgets.tube as identical, whereas no one really cares about one car versus another beyond feelings of personal worth.

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listenallyall2y ago

I think Hyatt and Hilton have a lot stronger brand names than "a friendly lady named Shiela" but Airbnb built an empire on the latter.

jonathankorenOP2y ago

Comeback when anyone builds an iconic brand around .$BRAND_NAME or even .museum

Seriously. It’s not an issue of brand recognition. It’s an issue of decades of basic phishing defense.

listenallyall2y ago

bit.ly

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse