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Re:The web equivalent of donating an organ by ryanelkins on Monday December 14, 2009 @03:59PM (#995076)
That's cool that you guys were able to work it out. There seems to be an increasing number of checks that a name has to pass to be "valid".

Can you get the domain? Can you get the twitter account? Can you get the facebook account?

Depending on the market there are probably others.

What checks does a name need to pass for you?

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Re:The web equivalent of donating an organ by TheThomas on Monday December 14, 2009 @04:40PM (#995174)
In most cases, the name probably doesn't matter too much. If the content posted adds value and the particular social network entity is linked prominently, people will likely follow/friend it regardless.

With this app, things were a bit hairier because the name of the twitter game was '@libs', so just saying the name of the game in a tweet could lead users astray. Certainly, constraints such as this should be taken into consideration before deciding on a name.

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