On the other hand, with the common understanding of the word "hacker", do we really want news stories mentioning a site called Hacker News opposing SOPA?
I doubt I'm the only one to suppose that people who do not understand SOPA also have an outdated or narrow definition of "hacker". Both of those are unfortunate, but if we're being constructive about one (through our combined voices), we may as well take a moment to be constructive about the other - perhaps calling HN "Y Combinator News Aggregator, popularly referred to as 'Hacker News'".
How about a site called Y Combinator opposing SOPA?
It's up to the media, not us, what we're called when this is reported. It's much more likely that they would just go with 'Hacker News', as that's what it's known as.
I was initially worried about looking up Hacker News at all from a work computer due to the name. Then my lack of caring overtook my concern.
unless an official HN person sends out a press release, or asks the reddit people to include it in their press release (assuming they do one).
Good point. Many people have remarked it when they see me browsing the site.