Ask HN: Website name containing 'shit'. Bad idea?

#1

Post by OmleteDuFromage » Mon, Aug 05, 2013, 7:18 PM UTC

Specifically shitlist.domain. Should I go for something less... conspicuous?

Re: Ask HN: Website name containing 'shit'. Bad idea?

#2

Post by bifrost » Mon, Aug 05, 2013, 7:21 PM UTC

Unless its a parody site, yeah, prolly not a great idea.

Re: Ask HN: Website name containing 'shit'. Bad idea?

#3

Post by OmleteDuFromage » Mon, Aug 05, 2013, 7:28 PM UTC

bifrost wrote: post #2

Unless its a parody site, yeah, prolly not a great idea.

More like an "offenders" list.

Re: Ask HN: Website name containing 'shit'. Bad idea?

#4

Post by bifrost » Mon, Aug 05, 2013, 7:36 PM UTC

OmleteDuFromage wrote: post #3

bifrost wrote: post #2

Unless its a parody site, yeah, prolly not a great idea.

More like an "offenders" list.

Sounds like a lawsuit magnet then, so I'd suggest something a bit more neutral.

Re: Ask HN: Website name containing 'shit'. Bad idea?

#5

Post by ivansavz » Mon, Aug 05, 2013, 8:02 PM UTC

Anecdote: when I tried to buy AdWords for my "No BULLSHIT guide to math and physics" google said I needed a special permission.

Then I talked to someone on the phone and they said they cannot have shit in the advert, not on the page the user would go to after clicking --- the person on the phone said I should change the book title or use SH*T.

So yeah... prolly a bad ideas ...

Re: Ask HN: Website name containing 'shit'. Bad idea?

#6

Post by OmleteDuFromage » Mon, Aug 05, 2013, 8:06 PM UTC

ivansavz wrote: post #5

Anecdote: when I tried to buy AdWords for my "No BULLSHIT guide to math and physics" google said I needed a special permission. Then I talked to someone on the phone and they said they cannot have shit in the advert, not on the page the user would go to after clicking --- the person on the phone said I should change the book title or use SH*T. So yeah... prolly a bad ideas ...

Thanks!