On: Why doesn't HN get the hackernews.com domain?

[samweinberg]

Because it's taken.

[United857 → samweinberg]

I know that -- I mean, has YC tried to buy the domain from the current owner?

[pg → United857]

If this were a startup that was trying to grow as fast as possible, it would be a good idea to own the domain. It would make the site easier to find. But we're not trying to grow, so we don't want to make HN easier to find.

[btilly → United857]

Not that I know of. But since the site mostly exists to promote ycombinator, and doesn't directly make money, I would see no point in their doing so.

[Sealy → btilly]

I understand where the original poster is coming from. news.ycombinator.com is not a very intuitive url for a website that is known as hacker news.

[bearwithclaws → Sealy]

http://hackerne.ws works if you want a more intuitive url.