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because i found myself typing "hacker news" into google instead of typing all 20 characters into the url bar.
... why not just make a bookmark?
This is where AwesomeBar is... well, Awesome.

I'm here so much I just type ne <tab> <enter> and I'm here.

There's something unsettling about using a domain that forwards to the site you actually want to use; especially when they aren't owned by the same person / organization.

The biggest risk is that one day they turn into a phishing site...

That's a long shot, but if enough people would start using a non-related domain as an alternative front door to a site that would be a very nasty way to catch a bunch of people unaware.

Even more sneaky to forward them to the real site after they log in (or to proxy the requests).

I don't really think anything bad will happen in this example. I'm just saying in general it's one of those things that makes me uncomfortable.
Voted up because this guy is an idiot.