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Could the major browser providers start just blacklisting these kinds of TLD's? Or grey listing with huge warnings?
Wow, the author is not exaggerating when saying it is a scam. Looking at the .feedback page for Stack Overflow, it says at the top, in fairly large letters "We make Stack Overflow, where the world's developers get answers, share knowledge & find jobs they love. Also proud builders of the @stackexchange Q&A network." Then at the absolute bottom, in small, washed out print it says "Disclaimer: This site is provided to…
Well, the reviews on stackoverflow.feedback are quite informative! Dan Manny says: Stack over flow made me loose money!!! Bad code with security wholes in it crashed my clients site!! Warning warning for scammers and Antonio B. of Indonesia says: Best site for solving programming issue!!!11!one! The most user and newbie friendly site! 11/10 would recommend You know you can trust reviews like this!
> You fucking moron!!! You lost money because you were so stupid and not being able to differentiate bad code from good code. StackOverflow is not you free personal assistant. You should kill yourself for being so stupid.
Ick. In a way, it is a sort of corporate version of those mugshot sites. I understand a lot of other scams. (Not condone, but I see the attraction of running it.) This one just seems like a lot of work to put into something that I really don't see the targeted companies choosing to go along with. Seems like borrowing a ton of grief - at the very least, they'll be hearing from a bunch of crabby lawyers.
A bit late to call party foul when absurd tlds are available more and more. Ocean of piss and all that. Embrace the chaos.
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Could the major browser providers start just blacklisting these kinds of TLD's? Or grey listing with huge warnings?
I recall .blog being purchased by Automattic for 15-20M (that being just 1 example).
ICANN is to tech what the SEC is to finance: A corporate revolving-door where you join to do your corporate-masters bidding and then move back to your 7-figure job.
Could the major browser providers start just blacklisting these kinds of TLD's? Or grey listing with huge warnings?
That's a scary precedent... Sure, similar things have been done to prevent visitors from attacks, but this is at best a platform for expressing criticism and at worst a sleazy shakedown of the companies being criticized (not the visitors), and to my knowledge the anti-phishing/malware warnings haven't been used to merely oppose competing interests or stifle ideas.
Interestingly, amazon.feedback redirects to amazon.com, so Amazon did pay
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