Born of Reddit, Imgur now dwarfs the ‘front page of the Internet’

Re:Born of Reddit, Imgur now dwarfs the ‘front page of the I... by jpatapoff on Friday September 27, 2013 @01:35PM (#6458275)

That's fair criticism - I'm open to the idea of changing the name. However, I'm not too concerned about the legal issues with imgur - I've spoken with Alan (the creator/CEO) in person and directly told him I would change the name - he said not to worry about it. I think the idea that Audiour is coming off as a 'cheap copycat' is a concern though. It's something I'll definitely think about.

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Re:Born of Reddit, Imgur now dwarfs the ‘front page of the I... by burpee on Friday September 27, 2013 @03:05PM (#6458857)

I agree that the name "Audiour" has a few issues, but the cheap copycat issue isn't that big in my opinion. You're clearly doing something else. A copycat name would be if you were using the name "imgour" or something like that.

The problem with the name "Audiour" is that it's not easily pronouncable. If I remember correctly, imgur was aimed to mimic the word "imager". When I read "Audiour" the first thing I think of is an audiotour in a museum. When I try to pronounce it, I have the choice between "audi-our", "audio-er" or "audi-oor".

If you're interested, I bought soundur.com because in my opinion that's a much better name.

You can have it if you want - contact me at username @gmail.com :)

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