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https://bsky.app/profile/karmn.bsky.social/post/3lcuc4dqudc2... It's hard for me to read this any other way.
So one post with 3 shares. Humanity is doomed!
Easy to say when your name isn’t Cynthia Williams.
Itch.io Taken Down by Funko
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Filing false reports like this should count as fraud.
I'm in the outraged crowd and there should be pretty serious consequences, but it is important in the interest of justice to differentiate between fraud, negligence, and gross incompetence.
As long as you have some automated AI bot sent all the reports. It’s never fraud, you couldn’t have known it would do that.
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#234Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cloudflare is on the GP's "do use" list, not the "do not use" list. I think the HN consensus is that Cloudflare is a reasonably safe bet.
Though keep in mind that domains registered through CF must use CFs nameservers, you can't point them elsewhere if you need to. They sell domains at cost so of course they want to keep you in their ecosystem so you might pay for something else.
That's true. I have my domains on Namecheap and my DNS on CF. I think it's just that little bit of extra safety to spread the risk a little.
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Oh damn, I didn't know this! I've used their services for ages and even got to briefly meet the founders once in Wellington who gave a talk on Erlang. Ah well, while it sucks that the good times may be over, I'm glad the founders got their exit :)
> I'm glad the founders got their exit I'm not. I mean, I am happy for them but this concept of growing a business to an exit is not going well for society as a whole (at least the exits that are in my areas of interest, so I assume it extrapolates to all exits). Every single business that gets bought out gets instantly enshittified in one way or another, always to the detriment of the customer. Depending on how entr…
> I mean, I am happy for them but this concept of growing a business to an exit is not going well for society as a whole
The last thing I want is to be a 70 y/o still supporting a registrar. Especially considering the margins.
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#236The registrar in question is iwantmyname, so I guess you can add them to your "do not use" list.
I feel like it's better to have a "do use" list for something as important as a domain name registrar. - Namecheap - Cloudflare - Route 53 (if on AWS) Any others?
Namecheap is on my personal "never use; fuck them" list. I moved my domains to Cloudflare, and I am happy since then.
Porkbun is great.
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#237I'm the one running itch.io, so here's some more context for you: From what I can tell, some person made a fan page for an existing Funko Pop video game (Funko Fusion), with links to the official site and screenshots of the game. The BrandShield software is probably instructed to eradicate all "unauthorized" use of their trademark, so they sent reports independently to our host and registrar claiming there was "fraud…
iwantmyname was bought out by a conglomerate, “Team Internet[1]”, a few years ago. Prices went up, service went down. I’d recommend moving your domains when you can (Porkbun have been good, though I haven’t had any incidents like this). Best of luck! 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Internet
Came here to recommend Porkbun - I've had great experience with them and so have all of the friends and family I've recommended.
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Corporate bootlicker alert!
Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko
#239I'm the one running itch.io, so here's some more context for you: From what I can tell, some person made a fan page for an existing Funko Pop video game (Funko Fusion), with links to the official site and screenshots of the game. The BrandShield software is probably instructed to eradicate all "unauthorized" use of their trademark, so they sent reports independently to our host and registrar claiming there was "fraud…
For what it's worth, I know Namecheap gets a meh rep, but we've been on the receiving end of several phishing/copyright reports and have responded across the spectrum in terms of time span. We've responded immediately. We've responded with an hour or so to go. In all cases, Namecheap has somehow responded quickly and resolved the issue.
I coincidentally just this past week ran into a major issue with Namecheap on a fraudulent domain marketplace sale that they did not resolve properly or in a timely manner. They deserve their meh reputation. They were decent about a decade ago. Come renewal my domains up for sale are moving to Dynadot. Was considering porkbun but I sense they are heading the namecheap way.
Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko
#240I'm the one running itch.io, so here's some more context for you: From what I can tell, some person made a fan page for an existing Funko Pop video game (Funko Fusion), with links to the official site and screenshots of the game. The BrandShield software is probably instructed to eradicate all "unauthorized" use of their trademark, so they sent reports independently to our host and registrar claiming there was "fraud…
iwantmyname was bought out by a conglomerate, “Team Internet[1]”, a few years ago. Prices went up, service went down. I’d recommend moving your domains when you can (Porkbun have been good, though I haven’t had any incidents like this). Best of luck! 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Internet
+1 for Porkbun