I think we should save hard stomping for explicit spam.
Well, lady, I must say-- You're my kinda stupid.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
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§ ita § - Jun 04, 2004 3:37:28 pm PDT #1354 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2004 3:41:40 pm PDT #1355 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Where's the doubt?
Because if you go to that site, you can't buy the domain! If you try and register it there, it won't let you. So no profit for them. If you try and register .biz, you're golden. Golden anywhere else on the web too.
I doubt it makes any sense at all. That's what I doubt.
If the registrar name was the same as the user's registered e-mail address, I'd write it off as stupidity. Having seen people use a registrar with a mechanism that doesn't put their own ID in that spot (my former employees did it, when the person registering wasn't tech-savvy -- it's hardly rare), I don't see anything incontrovertible here.
I just don't see the big deal.
Jon B. - Jun 04, 2004 3:50:52 pm PDT #1356 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Because if you go to that site, you can't buy the domain!
Oh. I assumed that they were reselling it at a premium. But I just checked it out and don't see where they are doing that. Huh.
I doubt it makes any sense at all. That's what I doubt.
Right there with you now.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 04, 2004 4:02:25 pm PDT #1357 of 10001
What is even happening?
Did this spammer have a buffista URL? I can't really follow what happened here.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2004 4:05:39 pm PDT #1358 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The poster said that a couple domains had dropped (as in their previous owners hadn't re-upped) and that they were available.
That explanation is possibly longer than the original post.
The poster's username is the URL to a domain registrar. One of the domains listed is still available, one is not.
Volans - Jun 04, 2004 4:05:57 pm PDT #1359 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I'm sure someone at the spamming site decided trolling for new clients would be a great idea, so they identified some fannish possible URLs and Googled for the related fansites, then signed up here and put in the ad.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2004 4:06:49 pm PDT #1360 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It wasn't an ad!
edit: Or it was a lame one, with no branding, since they didn't point out that they provided a service.
Volans - Jun 04, 2004 4:08:31 pm PDT #1361 of 10001
move out and draw fire
True, it wasn't an ad. It was basically an "IJS." You know, in case we wanted to change b.org to one of the URLs they mentioned.
I nabbed the other one, btw, so I'll be starting a competing website soon. (kidding)
DXMachina - Jun 04, 2004 4:12:51 pm PDT #1362 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
If it wasn't spam, then what was it? They just decided to drop by, register using their business address as their ID, and let us know that those two domains were now available out of the goodness of their hearts? That makes even less sense.
Raquel, the domains weren't buffistas.us or similar. They were longer, vampire slayer ones.
Volans - Jun 04, 2004 4:17:07 pm PDT #1363 of 10001
move out and draw fire
No, I know, I saw them. I was trying to joke about us changing "buffistas" to one of them without actually saying their names.