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tptacek on Aug 9, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Change Your Name

If your numbers are going up and to the right, what does it mean to "signal weakness" with your name?

Rauchg on Aug 9, 2015 [–]

I think the essay is missing crucial elaboration on the central point. That is, the idea that .com is associated with strength, and lack of .com with weakness.

sarciszewski on Aug 9, 2015 | [–]

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