Manifold Politics naming dispute flamewar

ManifoldPolitics.com

Pros:

• It’s a .com
• It’s 2 normal english words
• It describes what it is
  • [i] it just communicates politics, not betting/forecasting/probabilities
• It keeps the Manifold brand
  • [i] 99% of our market for politics betting/politics odds are not familiar with Manifold
    • [s] there at least a million people who have passively (and positively) heard about Manifold (from NYT piece or Twitter) who haven’t used the product
    • [s] we already have brand recognition from many famous journalists, thinkers, etc including Nate Silver, MattY, etc.: it would be foolish to squander that and just start over

Cons:

• It’s long

• it’s boring

• it sounds like a name from 2001 (myspace.com, homestarrunner.com, livejournal.com, etc.)

  • [s] insofar as it connotes stability and authoritativeness, then that’s a pro

• [s] all of the above are ways of saying Boomer-friendly, which is a good thing

• Patrick Delaney

Politifold.com

Pros:

• It’s a .com
• It’s familiar: many users have heard of politifact.com politico.com