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Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by bhartzer »

wodenokoto wrote: post #2

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…

If someone puts up a site or page claiming to be a company or entity that they're not (i.e., "We make Stack Overflow, where the world's developers get answers...") then that's not a domain name or TLD issue.

It's another issue altogether that should be dealt with legally.

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by [deleted] »

wodenokoto wrote: post #2

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…

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Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by Dot_Feedback »

Hello I am Jay the CEO of .Feedback

I wanted to correct a few of your facts.

First, while it has been reported that Registry pre-registered 5,000 domains this is incorrect. We have not registered the sites you mentioned. You can check the whois and look up the owners.

It is helpful when reporting that people verify facts rather then believing any article they find on the Internet. Feel free to give me a call and ask questions and double check your facts. I believe in the age of fake news, everyone with a blog needs to double check facts.

The pricing you reference is out of date and not accurate. Prices can be found as low as $5 for a .feedback domain. Check out Crazydomains.com

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by Dot_Feedback »

Hello I am Jay the CEO of .Feedback

I wanted to correct a few facts.

First, while it has been reported that Registry pre-registered 5,000 domains this is incorrect. We have not registered the sites you mentioned. You can check the whois and look up the owners.

Second, The pricing referenced is out of date and not accurate. Prices can be found as low as $5 for a .feedback domain. Check out Crazydomains.com

Re: The .feedback scam

#146

Post by Sir_Substance »

Dot_Feedback wrote: post #144

Hello I am Jay the CEO of .Feedback I wanted to correct a few facts. First, while it has been reported that Registry pre-registered 5,000 domains this is incorrect. We have not registered the sites you mentioned. You can check the whois and look up the owners. Second, The pricing referenced is out of date and not accurate. Prices can be found as low as $5 for a .feedback domain. Check out Crazydomains.com

>Second, The pricing referenced is out of date and not accurate. Prices can be found as low as $5 for a .feedback domain. Check out Crazydomains.com

Well, that's fine then. It's totally ethical to fleece people as long as you're not fleecing them /too much/.

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by djsumdog »

wodenokoto wrote: post #2

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…

Looks like all their pages have the word "scam" on them somewhere now. I also see some script alert() and other stuff that suggest they've got a lot of security bugs and people, either on here or elsewhere, have taken it upon themselves to inject/change a bunch of content so people realize it's all scammy.

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by jacobmalthouse »

Tangential but important. Some new domain endings are really focussed on an ethical approach to using what we view as important public infrastructure (meaningful words + DNS = impact). At home.eco we embedded ethics into our governance (ICANN Contract) our corporate DNA (B Corp) and our product (profiles.eco). We think there is real potential to leverage the DNS for good.

Re: The .feedback scam

#149

Post by palunon »

egeozcan wrote: post #37
bencollier49 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or threatened to sue them into a smoking hole in the ground..

Amazon makes that money in about 6 seconds. I don't think they would even bother to threaten them, but that's just my opinion. Maybe that's the motivation behind the scam as well?

Well, lawyers got to earn their pay...

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by bduerst »

xg15 wrote: post #54

Comment from the article: > I would like to add that IMHO all new TLDs are scam. Brand owners are forced to register their name in many of them. .feedback is just the tip of the iceberg. I think this is the core issue here. I remember that a few of ICANN's new TLDs caused similar issues. The idea of selling TLDs to companies for use at their discretion is horrible enough, but they also seem to be completely ignorant…

Comparing ICANN to FIFA is exactly how I have described them in the past. Having been to ICANN conferences, I can confidently say they answer to no-one at this point and it shows.
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