# Pick your DNS name wisely

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/pick-your-dns-name-wisely/31453>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [26 Luglio 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pick-your-dns-name-wisely/31453 "2015-07-26T23:12:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 4

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [26 Luglio 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pick-your-dns-name-wisely/31453/4 "2015-07-26T23:34:12Z")

</div>

in general I feel like using `discourse` is not a great choice for your subdomain name. I usually prefer `forum`, `discuss` or `community`

I really like `discuss` its usually my first pref, cause its a bit of a call-to-action.

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pick-your-dns-name-wisely/31453)._