On Diaspora's Social Network, You Own Your Data

Re:On Diaspora's Social Network, You Own Your Data by jedc on Friday May 11, 2012 @04:43PM (#3961293)

Amazon probably seemed like a ridiculous name when they started out... why would you name an online bookstore after a South American river? But I think they've done okay.

Though this only really works if you're doing something orthogonal to the original word and build enough of a brand to make it stick.

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Re:On Diaspora's Social Network, You Own Your Data by wlesieutre on Friday May 11, 2012 @07:48PM (#3962037)

And we all remember the reaction when Nintendo announced that the Revolution's official name was "Wii". I still think it sounds silly, but it's no longer weird.

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Re:On Diaspora's Social Network, You Own Your Data by fduran on Friday May 11, 2012 @06:43PM (#3961832)

According to Bezos' biography he was looking for a name that started with 'A' to rank high in the web portals of the time and also he liked the idea of being 'big'.

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