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Here's a post that Rand wrote about the origin of Moz in SEOmoz - http://moz.com/blog/what-does-the-moz-in-seomoz-mean

EDIT tl;DR based off the [moz] that was so popular years ago that stood for openness and transparency. DMOZ and others are included in this history.

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> tl;DR not based off DMOZ

Uh?

> We're building off the history of organizations like DMOZ, Mozilla, Chefmoz, etc

Building off the history of, yes. The history of openness and transparency, not becoming an admin on DMOZ for the sake of a link from one of the strongest domains on the Internet.

but... but... your TL;DR said "Not based off DMOZ" when the actual text does, in fact, say "building off the history of organizations like DMOZ". So, at a minimum, your TL;DR misleads people who didn't read it.

Fair point. Updated comment.

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