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Re: Gift HN: Anybody want a subdomain of ww.com?

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Post by kls »

jacquesm wrote: post #134
ody wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some people can't see beyond their own bullshit. Welcome to your reality.

I've always wondered what it is that makes people spout bile like this, one thing I noticed they have in common is that as a rule they're anonymous.

You know I have been watching these with interest. I think someone is trying to beat the turring test. The always seem to be in context, but don't seem to quite jive with the conversation. I have seen some that are pretty decent. I wonder if someone is using the voting system as feedback as to how well the bot is parsing the conversation and developing a convincing response. It is the only logical explanation that I can think of, They are never a good troll, they don't pitch viagra or some other crap, but obviously someone has put the effort to get it onto the board. The question is why. My thought is the kind of guy that would be trying to beat the turring test would be lurking on HN. Just a thought.

Update: well ok maybe not for this guy I see he posted later on down in the thread. But his first post did follow a pattern that I have been noticing in other threads.

Re: Gift HN: Anybody want a subdomain of ww.com?

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Post by melvinram »

I'm sorry if this is a total dumbass question:

Why would anyone want this? They would have to trust jacquesm (as well intentioned as he may be) to continue to have awesome intentions forever... and if he/she ever sold the domain, everyone who has setup a subdomain would probably loose all the links they might have built to it.

The only reason I could potentially see this being useful is as a url shortcut... but still, you risk the same situation as when/if a url shortner like bit.ly goes out of business.

When you're building your brand equity, you got to make sure you own the equity that you're building. If you have a domain name, use it. If you don't like it, get a better one.

Maybe I'm just missing something.

Re: Gift HN: Anybody want a subdomain of ww.com?

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Post by kls »

ody wrote: post #96
ody wrote: post #89

"a bad [hairday] you may lose it " The fact you say people may lose it because you may have "a bad [hairday]" says so much about you. Which is: an inconsiderate ass hole looking for glory/karma points.

heh, you wannabe entrepreneurs make me giggle. Down modding is so slashdot. You really think that converting a new comers opinion into negative numbers helps your community of self perpetuating bullshit prosper?

I guess you have not read the mantra around here, according to PG and I am paraphrasing here so forgive me if I don't do it justice. He does not want it to prosper beyond it's core focus. My understanding is that he is not interested in creating the next Slashdot or Reddit. As a former Slashdotter with a extremely low user id, I understand why, I witnessed it happening over time. With that prosperity comes a watered down environment where memes, on liners and +5 funny's, and flaming trolls such as yourself are the rage. It kills the brand and drives people like myself away. I lurked here for a long time before deciding to join, and the reason I finally did was the fact that there is a concerted effort to keep HN from becoming Slashdot.

Re: Gift HN: Anybody want a subdomain of ww.com?

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Post by jacquesm »

melvinram wrote: post #232

I'm sorry if this is a total dumbass question: Why would anyone want this? They would have to trust jacquesm (as well intentioned as he may be) to continue to have awesome intentions forever... and if he/she ever sold the domain, everyone who has setup a subdomain would probably loose all the links they might have built to it. The only reason I could potentially see this being useful is as a url shortcut... but still…

No question is dumbass.

Most of the concerns you've got were addressed in the text above I believe.

As for me having 'good intentions' or not, time will be the judge of that, but let's just say that I spent a lot of time trying to be useful to HN and it would be a really dumb move to piss of a large portion of what has slowly become my network.

That said I can't offer guarantees hence the caveat.

Second, I think that most people here are more than smart enough to factor that in to their thinking and in to their use of the domain. But for those that do not, please take melvinram's warning to heart. So you've got my upvote.

Re: Gift HN: Anybody want a subdomain of ww.com?

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Post by BoppreH »

I don't have a dedicated domain for redirection. Is it possible to make: lucasboppre.ww.com -> http://www.inf.ufsc.br/~lucasboppre/

Or do I have to own the IP? It's my personal page on the uni server, by the way.

Using this url for hosted code, papers and possibly a resume would be perfect.

On a side note, redirecting anythingunregistered.ww.com to www.anythingunregistered.com would make an interesting (and geeky) party trick.

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