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Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by kyle-rb » Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 6:36 PM UTC

bencollier49 wrote: post #29

Marat_Dukhan wrote: post #20

Interestingly, amazon.feedback redirects to amazon.com, so Amazon did pay

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

They could always switch it to feedback about the river.

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by kyle-rb » Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 7:45 PM UTC

Marat_Dukhan wrote: post #20

Interestingly, amazon.feedback redirects to amazon.com, so Amazon did pay

Amazon seems to have semi-embraced the new GTLDs; http://amazon.horse and many others redirect to appropriate sections and products on Amazon.com.

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by oh_sigh » Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 8:02 PM UTC

tomc1985 wrote: post #18

oh_sigh wrote: post #14

How is this a scam? The result is obviously just a ratings site which never purports to be the sites referenced in their URL...why does it matter if you type in google.feedback or feedback.com/google or google.feedback.com into your browser? No reasonable person could be misled to believe that google.feedback/ was at all related to Google. edit: Okay, I guess it is a pretty messed up website. If you go to reply to so…

Seriously?

Yes - feel free to reply with something more substantial.

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by oh_sigh » Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 8:03 PM UTC

cstrat wrote: post #19

oh_sigh wrote: post #14

How is this a scam? The result is obviously just a ratings site which never purports to be the sites referenced in their URL...why does it matter if you type in google.feedback or feedback.com/google or google.feedback.com into your browser? No reasonable person could be misled to believe that google.feedback/ was at all related to Google. edit: Okay, I guess it is a pretty messed up website. If you go to reply to so…

> No reasonable person could be misled to believe that google.feedback/ was at all related to Google. Mate, that is 100% confusing to anyone on the internet. Especially more so now that google uses their own TLD for some of their blogs/services. So `blog.google` is google. `google.com` is google, but `google.feedback` isn't. Please explain...

I'm on the internet, and it was not confusing to me.

Is google.reddit.com 100% confusing to anyone on the internet too?

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by borplk » Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 9:27 PM UTC

kyle-rb wrote: post #161

bencollier49 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

They could always switch it to feedback about the river.

I think Amazon could probably still "get them" by putting them through legal costs.

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by _jal » Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 10:06 PM UTC

janekm wrote: post #23

_jal wrote: post #7

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.

$600 is less than the cost of lawyer time for a worthwhile response, so they may well collect more than we would like to think...

That's a depressingly good point.

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by mixedCase » Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 10:56 PM UTC

krisdol wrote: post #151

Asooka wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep. Anything with more than one of "schaft", "stand", "gegen", "-biet", etc., is either a joke, or a government office.

Bietstandgegenwitgeschaft is real though

Googling that word returns only your comment.

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by abawany » Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 11:50 PM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #153

crispytx wrote: post #126

Scammers like this give capitalism a bad name.

> Scammers like this give capitalism a bad name. I dunno, between tobacco companies, oil companies, and the earlier thongs pretty much every major industry did that stimulated the labor movement from the 19th Century into the early 20th, these guys are small fry. Capitalism gives capitalism a bad name.

I am not much of a fan but I think such stuff is completely in the domain of humanity and human nature. I can't think of any political or economic system that can suppress the evil and good that comprise the human species.

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by Sephr » Sat, Jul 01, 2017, 7:48 AM UTC

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

> You can check the whois and look up the owners.

If StackOverflow did actually register stackoverflow.feedback I would understand the WHOIS data, but then I don't understand the purpose of the following disclaimer:

"Disclaimer: This site is provided to facilitate free speech regarding Stack Overflow. No direct endorsement or association should be conferred."

That disclaimer seems to imply that StackOverflow didn't register the domain. Care to explain why the WHOIS data says otherwise?

Re: The .feedback scam

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 01, 2017, 8:15 AM UTC

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