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The (overly) dramatic coverage of this on Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/12/19/seatge...

I went to the article imagining the worst, due to the overly ill-spirited title on HN "SeatGeek Acquires Better-Funded Competitor FanSnap".

Fortunately they only mention the funding in regards to them acquired co. having funding before SeatGeek started. Which is a testament to hard work, and not needing to be the first to launch a similar idea to succeed.

The title needs to be changed on HN though.

This is awesome. Congrats to the SeatGeek team.

Likewise, congrats to Jack, Russ, et al.

An instance where headline should be corrected (currently: "SeatGeek Acquires Better-Funded Competitor FanSnap").

FanSnap strikes me as a better name.

Why?

"Geek" doesn't belong in mass market product name, IMO. And FanSnap is a plain ole decent name.

Seemed to work out alright for geeksquad.

Hard to say. But it makes a lot more sense for that service.

The double "e" sound. SeatGeek, when said quickly, can sound like SeeGee. I've had plenty of conversations where I talk about SeatGeek for the first time and I have to repeat the name.

I agree. FanSnap is by far the better sounding name.

FanSnap Is Now Part of SeatGeek