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by TheMagicHorsey 4343 days ago
No. I'm sure they were aware of it.

I just don't think people have to abandon a cool name just because someone somewhere registered a domain or has a twitter handle with the same name.

Ideally you make up a new word for your new enterprise. But it ends up being harder than you think if you are trying to name something with an identifier that means something in a domain. Anyone that has to name a new product or company can attest to this.