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Service I want: "Report websites that suck"

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Re: Service I want: "Report websites that suck"

#11
Stupidest idea I've heard in a long time.

Extortion, outwresting, or exaction is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person either unlawfully obtains money, property or services from a person, entity, or institution through coercion or intimidation or threatens a person, entity, or institution with physical or reputational harm unless he is paid money or property.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion

Re: Service I want: "Report websites that suck"

#13
Another way to think about this: take the "site x doesn't work with browser y" bugs out of all the different browser bugzillas and give them a more coherent home. This will help mitigate the martian headsets problem (http://joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html)

Heh, browserzilla.com is available.

Re: Service I want: "Report websites that suck"

#15

Another way to think about this: take the "site x doesn't work with browser y" bugs out of all the different browser bugzillas and give them a more coherent home. This will help mitigate the martian headsets problem ( http://joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html ) Heh, browserzilla.com is available.

that's a very technical way of looking at it. i'm not only talking about how a site works in a particular browser but if it's actually good or not.

mainly the sites i have in my mind are sites where you don't choose the service based on the web-service and you end up with a really sucky service that you can't leave. for example: - banks - utilites companies - cellphone carriers - government sites - ecommerce sites (where you're a customer in the physical store)

etc

Re: Service I want: "Report websites that suck"

#16

Another way to think about this: take the "site x doesn't work with browser y" bugs out of all the different browser bugzillas and give them a more coherent home. This will help mitigate the martian headsets problem ( http://joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html ) Heh, browserzilla.com is available.

I would just have people just be able to log what sites don't work, and automate that browser checking.

Less data entry, more responses.

Re: Service I want: "Report websites that suck"

#17

Stupidest idea I've heard in a long time. Extortion, outwresting, or exaction is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person either unlawfully obtains money, property or services from a person, entity, or institution through coercion or intimidation or threatens a person, entity, or institution with physical or reputational harm unless he is paid money or property. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion

Quit downmodding me, shitheads. I'm trying to keep this numbskull out of bankruptcy court or prison.

EDIT: No, really. I want ONE person to admit having downmodded me. Seriously. You've got some potential criminal posting shit here and he needs corrected.

Re: Service I want: "Report websites that suck"

#18
post #15

Another way to think about this: take the "site x doesn't work with browser y" bugs out of all the different browser bugzillas and give them a more coherent home. This will help mitigate the martian headsets problem ( http://joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html ) Heh, browserzilla.com is available.

that's a very technical way of looking at it. i'm not only talking about how a site works in a particular browser but if it's actually good or not. mainly the sites i have in my mind are sites where you don't choose the service based on the web-service and you end up with a really sucky service that you can't leave. for example: - banks - utilites companies - cellphone carriers - government sites - ecommerce sites (w…

Yeah, I didn't phrase it right. What I suggested wasn't exactly the same thing, but it seemed more actionable.

What constitutes 'sucky' is often subjective and open to interpretation. You risk ending up as just another review site.

Defining sucks as 'broken', however, means focussing on things like "why the heck doesn't submit work here?" and so on. These websites have all been tested, even at the most monopolistic places. They just haven't been tested on some combination of browser and platform.

So that's how I made the subconscious transition from your idea to mine :)

Re: Service I want: "Report websites that suck"

#19

Stupidest idea I've heard in a long time. Extortion, outwresting, or exaction is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person either unlawfully obtains money, property or services from a person, entity, or institution through coercion or intimidation or threatens a person, entity, or institution with physical or reputational harm unless he is paid money or property. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion

Quit downmodding me, shitheads. I'm trying to keep this numbskull out of bankruptcy court or prison. EDIT: No, really. I want ONE person to admit having downmodded me. Seriously. You've got some potential criminal posting shit here and he needs corrected.

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Re: Service I want: "Report websites that suck"

#20

Stupidest idea I've heard in a long time. Extortion, outwresting, or exaction is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person either unlawfully obtains money, property or services from a person, entity, or institution through coercion or intimidation or threatens a person, entity, or institution with physical or reputational harm unless he is paid money or property. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion

Quit downmodding me, shitheads. I'm trying to keep this numbskull out of bankruptcy court or prison. EDIT: No, really. I want ONE person to admit having downmodded me. Seriously. You've got some potential criminal posting shit here and he needs corrected.

I didn't downmod you but I think that the reason people did wasn't the legal warning (which is certainly valid and relevant,) but the tone. Insulting people just doesn't get them to listen.
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