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Re: CyanogenMod.com hijacked. Transition to CyanogenMod.org

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Post by jeffool »

myko wrote: post #25
jeffool wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just reading the title, I was under the impression that CyanogenMod itself was no longer available from the developer, not just the website. I'm not sure if "sensationalist" is the right word, but, it wouldn't pass an editor's muster.

Good point about the old title saying 'by developer'. Probably since I knew what had happened already it didn't stand out to me, but I see how folks would think it meant Steve took it down. Again I don't think the title was meant to read that way, but yeah I agree that was not clear and the new title/direct link is much better.

Oh I agree completely; I certainly don't think saket123 meant to mislead people at all. It was just an unfortunate choice of words causing a little bit of a dust up. Maybe now any relevant conversation can happen!

So let's all go answer or up-vote philp's comment!

Re: CyanogenMod.com hijacked. Transition to CyanogenMod.org

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Post by saket123 »

thechut wrote: post #28

Why is everyone complaining about the title? Yes its a bit sensationalist but all of this is detracting from the actual story here. While it's true that cyanogenmod.com going down may not serve a functional problem to most people but it is a pretty sad story. I have used Cyanogen on a couple phones and all my Android devices use the Clockwork recovery, which is an incredible tool. I don't know the specifics but I don…

I like the idea of buying a related domain and donating it to the community as mentioned in another comment. I agree that we as community of hackers should try to figure out how can we help CM who are just a group a volunteers doing great work for the community.

Re: CyanogenMod.com hijacked. Transition to CyanogenMod.org

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Post by greyboy »

bronson wrote: post #3

It seems a nice idea, buying the CM.com domain and donating it to the project. Wonder if this sleazeball had a change of heart, or was he planning on embezzling referral traffic the whole time?

I read:

And due to the small size (and lack of funds), the CyanogenMod.com domain was bought by a third-party back in 2009 and donated to CM, when CM was a much smaller project and had no online presence besides XDA.

I must be missing something (and speaking from a US perspective), but was $10 really unattainable in order to secure a domain? Three years worth would have been $30-ish dollars now. Genuinely curious what led up to this scenario.

Re: CyanogenMod.com hijacked. Transition to CyanogenMod.org

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Post by [deleted] »

greyboy wrote: post #34
bronson wrote: post #3

It seems a nice idea, buying the CM.com domain and donating it to the project. Wonder if this sleazeball had a change of heart, or was he planning on embezzling referral traffic the whole time?

I read: And due to the small size (and lack of funds), the CyanogenMod.com domain was bought by a third-party back in 2009 and donated to CM, when CM was a much smaller project and had no online presence besides XDA. I must be missing something (and speaking from a US perspective), but was $10 really unattainable in order to secure a domain? Three years worth would have been $30-ish dollars now. Genuinely curious wha…

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Re: CyanogenMod.com hijacked. Transition to CyanogenMod.org

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Post by shardling »

jeffool wrote: post #17
shardling wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is it wrong? Their original website was taken offline by a (now former) developer, forcing them to change domains. Seems like the title is perfectly accurate.

Because the title doesn't say "the website" was taken offline. It suggests CyanogenMod itself is no longer available from the developer. Imagine the headline "LA Lakers Closes!" That tells me the basketball team is no more. But, if instead their website was closed for a planned relaunch, then the headline should read "LA Lakers' Website Closes!" or "LALakers.com Closes!"

Ah, could have sworn the headline said cyanogenmod.com.

Anyway, the current headline is now more misleading, since it omits what makes the story interesting, and they aim to get the original domain back in any case. (This is the case even though the blog post has that same title.)

Re: CyanogenMod.com hijacked. Transition to CyanogenMod.org

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Post by kamjam »

greyboy wrote: post #34
bronson wrote: post #3

It seems a nice idea, buying the CM.com domain and donating it to the project. Wonder if this sleazeball had a change of heart, or was he planning on embezzling referral traffic the whole time?

I read: And due to the small size (and lack of funds), the CyanogenMod.com domain was bought by a third-party back in 2009 and donated to CM, when CM was a much smaller project and had no online presence besides XDA. I must be missing something (and speaking from a US perspective), but was $10 really unattainable in order to secure a domain? Three years worth would have been $30-ish dollars now. Genuinely curious wha…

It probably wasn't, but it was probably someone he worked with/knew pretty well/whatever and he never thought much more of it or was pretty broke and someone else offered to help him out a little. One of life's lessons and next time he (and we) won't be making the same mistake.

Re: CyanogenMod.com hijacked. Transition to CyanogenMod.org

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Post by cdr »

blhack wrote: post #22

The title was NOT sensationalist, and the change here is a loss of information. They aren't "transitioning" to a .org, their domain was stolen. the .com shouldn't be trusted at this point, as it has apparently been taken over by some rogue former-team-member. edit: thanks to the mod that fixed it :)

There is, so far as I've discerned, an automated bot running that changes submission titles to the HTML title of the URL. No human intervention, no human judgment.
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