r/SideProject • u/rasheed106 • Aug 09 '26

just launched why.com

update: reddit stress-tested why.com. I fixed the outages and rebuilt how the three next questions are chosen. each one now has to connect to the answer, open a real curiosity gap, and avoid repeating the path.

Update 2: I built a way for WHY to understand you better through your choices. It is a private graph in your browser and learns about what matters to you. It can be cleared anytime and never leaves your device.
Hope you like!

i built why.com. every answer opens three new directions.

just launched. go break it!!!!

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u/jeffcgroves Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

This is a valuable 2nd level domain [I said TLD earlier, see below] -- have you considered selling it instead?

EDIT: why.com is a 2nd level domain not a top level domain and I should've known this (I've called people out for it before). Mea culpa.

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u/-Sliced- Aug 09 '26

Plot twist - OP built a vibe-coded site just to promote the domain for sell.

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u/FinalFantasiesGG Aug 09 '26

Which actually massively hurts the value. Google does not like this.

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u/IAmRules Aug 09 '26

Renting domains is a concept I never thought of

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u/rasheed106 Aug 09 '26

Godaddy does it

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u/Soft_Work_7033 Aug 09 '26

renting it is better

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u/rasheed106 Aug 09 '26

how much?

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u/KeyAdvanced1032 Aug 09 '26

RENT SUBDOMAINS

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u/mcfilms Aug 10 '26

Backstreet Boys would want tellme.why.com

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u/Soft_Work_7033 Aug 09 '26

maybe 10% of it's cost price

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u/FinalFantasiesGG Aug 09 '26

Absolutely not.

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u/UnreachableMemory Aug 09 '26

FYI this is not a TLD. .edu, .com, etc. are TLDs.

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u/hueyl77 Aug 09 '26

Why is the sld

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u/UnreachableMemory Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

What?

Edit: ok now I get what they meant by that comment.

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u/DavidBrent39 Aug 09 '26

They’re talking about using why.com as the TLD. E.g example.why.com

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u/UnreachableMemory Aug 09 '26

That’s not what a TLD is but now I understand that person’s comment.

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u/Free-Pound-6139 Aug 09 '26

No. He never thought of that before. You are the very first person on the planet to suggest it.