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bsstoner | 7 years ago

DuckDuckGo: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=315142

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LOL, all the people saying the the name is horrible.

dx034|7 years ago

I like DDG but still don't like the name. When telling people about it I heard several times that it sounds like a hobby project and not very trustworthy.

I don't think changing the name would make sense for them at this stage but I'd say they are successful despite the name, not because of it.

contravariant|7 years ago

No joke, I would be more willing to recommend it to others if I could say the name with a straight face.

brink|7 years ago

The name is bad.

Some of the people in that thread are comparing "Just duck it" to "Just google it"

Or even better, how about "Just duck it, mother truckers"

WorkLifeBalance|7 years ago

Are they wrong?

codemusings|7 years ago

Or the design. But who can blame them: https://web.archive.org/web/20080926132853/http://duckduckgo...