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Here in the UK with EE/BT that correctly redirects to automattic.com, but it might not for you depending on your ISP.
The wayback machine shows adult content links prior to the domain being put on sale, hence the blocking.
> Ideally, search engine algorithms would give new domain owners a fresh start. Sadly, I think this would be instantly gamed by abusers. They would release the domain name and attempt to register as a new owner or start repeatedly doing handoffs. It's difficult to tell who the owner is changing between and whether or not the new one is a better actor than the former.
> It's difficult to tell who the owner is changing between and whether or not the new one is a better actor than the former. This doesn't seem like that hard of a problem to solve, because these are domains with negative reputation, i.e. worse than zero. So if a) the domain is no longer hosting any of the stuff previously complained about and b) is no longer receiving new complaints over a period of a year, it costs…
> Ideally, search engine algorithms would give new domain owners a fresh start. Sadly, I think this would be instantly gamed by abusers. They would release the domain name and attempt to register as a new owner or start repeatedly doing handoffs. It's difficult to tell who the owner is changing between and whether or not the new one is a better actor than the former.
Automattic.com was bought (no idea if it was unregistered / acquired) by Matt Mullenweg when he set up the company. He also bought https://a8c.com . Here in the UK with EE/BT that correctly redirects to automattic.com, but it might not for you depending on your ISP. The wayback machine shows adult content links prior to the domain being put on sale, hence the blocking.
Another "haunted domain" check is by trying to post about it on social media. I ran into this with my current project's domain name. After building an MVP and trying to test the social sharing functionality, I found that Facebook was blocking the domain outright. Turns out there was some spamming from it years ago. Getting it unblocked was extra fun, as the page to request manual review was itself broken! Thankfully…
I faced the same issue with one of my project. But, as i don't know anybody at Facebook, I left the domain and buy a new one.
Haunted is a weird way to call them, these are stigmatized domains.
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I faced the same issue with one of my project. But, as i don't know anybody at Facebook, I left the domain and buy a new one.
So much of the world is still based on who you know. This is a bug in our society I would really, really like to see fixed in my lifetime.