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

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Post by jeffool »

shardling wrote: post #37
jeffool wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.)

Well we've got a solid one now, at least! Very clear.

But I totally get the judgement of the previous editor as well. When in doubt, and given a poor headline (nah, it didn't say .com), go with the headline of the article that is linked. It's a good rule of thumb, and this was the exception.

Thanks for rolling with the punches, whoever is pulling strings.

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

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Post by MrMember »

polyvisual wrote: post #32

Phew, my first instinct when reading the start of that post was that some rogue code had been committed. Note: it's a shame most of the comments here are about the title of this post.

>Note: it's a shame most of the comments here are about the title of this post.

Indeed, I check the HN comments for interesting conversation, not drivel about whether or not the submitted article's title is sensationalist.

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

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Post by tadfisher »

philp wrote: post #13

Does anybody know how this "rogue" webmaster took undue advantage of the CyanogenMod brand? The Facebook post states something about referral deals with community sites. Any idea what that would mean in practical terms? Just curious.

Maybe something like "pay me $300 and I'll put a link to your site/product on cyanogenmod.com"?

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

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Post by eykanal »

I'm mixed on whether this is a good way to handle reporting something like this to the public. On the one hand, they didn't release the guy's name, which is completely and entirely appropriate, and I commend them for doing so. On the other hand, giving so many details—many of which are not relevant to the public, and probably were not intended for the public—gives this PSA somewhat of a "well, screw you too" vibe.

I think a simpler "we've been betrayed by an insider with access to everything, here's how we're fixing it, and yes, we're pursuing legal methods for dealing with this" would have been better. Leave out the gory details about who's hurt and whatnot. This is business. Still, this is better than half of the other "we've been betrayed" posts I've seen.

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

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Post by eykanal »

I'm mixed on whether this is a good way to handle reporting something like this to the public. On the one hand, they didn't release the guy's name, which is completely and entirely appropriate, and I commend them for doing so. On the other hand, giving so many details—many of which are not relevant to the public, and probably were not intended for the public—gives this PSA somewhat of a "well, screw you too" vibe.

I think a simpler "we've been betrayed by an insider with access to everything, here's how we're fixing it, and yes, we're pursuing legal methods for dealing with this" would have been better. Leave out the gory details about who's hurt and whatnot. This is business. Still, this is better than half of the other "we've been betrayed" posts I've seen.

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