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Re: by mtmail on Saturday May 28, 2022 @06:21PM (#31544376)
See "What's the relationship between YC and HN?" in https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html YC existed first, then 'news' was added as experiment and the domain kept. Afaik users don't mind. It's just a name. Some more background at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_News
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Re: by hollerith on Saturday May 28, 2022 @06:37PM (#31544475)
It was originally called "Startup News". Putting it at news.ycombinator.com was a smart move because it prevented any confusion arising when changing its name to "Hacker News".
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Re: by Mnf3 on Saturday May 28, 2022 @06:42PM (#31544507)
Actually you should add in https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Link to https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html that answers the question
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Re: by night-rider on Saturday May 28, 2022 @07:12PM (#31544672)
Little known domain hacker.news exists but it redirects to the ycombinator domain
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