PayPal has permanently banned The Hacker News and hold funds for 180 days

Post by sokoloff » Sat, Dec 29, 2018, 2:19 PM UTC

ThrowMeDown01 wrote: post #9

sokoloff wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This name confusion seems intentional and makes me default to unsympathetic, even though I suspect PayPal’s issue is not related to a name confusion root cause.

> This name confusion seems intentional Do you have proof, or do you just happen to feel this way without actually knowing any background story? If you make such an accusation you should state your reasons, preferably observable facts. Both "hacker" and "news" are generic terms after all. In addition, even if they did mimic the name, I would not see a problem. It's very descriptive, unlike a completely made-up word t…

Post by qha » Sat, Dec 29, 2018, 2:21 PM UTC

sokoloff wrote: post #11

ThrowMeDown01 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This name confusion seems intentional Do you have proof, or do you just happen to feel this way without actually knowing any background story? If you make such an accusation you should state your reasons, preferably observable facts. Both "hacker" and "news" are generic terms after all. In addition, even if they did mimic the name, I would not see a problem. It's very descriptive, unlike a completely made-up word t…

This site, with the name "Hacker News", was already popular and predates the other site by several years. If I launched a new site called "TheFacebook.com" tomorrow, what proof would you need that I was, at a minimum, knowingly causing confusion?

Post by ThrowMeDown01 » Sat, Dec 29, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

qha wrote: post #10

ThrowMeDown01 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This name confusion seems intentional Do you have proof, or do you just happen to feel this way without actually knowing any background story? If you make such an accusation you should state your reasons, preferably observable facts. Both "hacker" and "news" are generic terms after all. In addition, even if they did mimic the name, I would not see a problem. It's very descriptive, unlike a completely made-up word t…

"Washington" and "Post" are also generic terms.

Post by sokoloff » Sat, Dec 29, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

qha wrote: post #13

sokoloff wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This site, with the name "Hacker News", was already popular and predates the other site by several years. If I launched a new site called "TheFacebook.com" tomorrow, what proof would you need that I was, at a minimum, knowingly causing confusion?

The original name and domain of Facebook is TheFacebook.com :P

Post by JeremyBanks » Sat, Dec 29, 2018, 2:23 PM UTC