ddeclue
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Fri Mar-06-09 01:35 PM
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I just ran into a cyber typo squatter website while trying to come to the DU: |
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Edited on Fri Mar-06-09 01:36 PM by ddeclue
http://www.democracticunderground.com/Man did that freak me out... I thought what happened to the look and feel are they trying some new CMS? Then I realized...DOH... I typo'd the URL.
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Fri Mar-06-09 01:38 PM
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1. Do you know there is one person here on DU that never links to anything |
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without some comment about what it is. Why do you think we would rush to link to it without some incentive? OR WARNING?
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ddeclue
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Fri Mar-06-09 01:43 PM
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That response made no sense to me...
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I wasn't asking you to link to it and what kind of "incentive" or "warning" are you speaking of?
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Fri Mar-06-09 02:03 PM
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3. Why did you place the link there if you didn't want to people to link to it. |
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What is wrong in telling people a little about what it's about so they can decide if they want to? This is an happening on DU. It's just a little courtesy to say more.
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Fri Mar-06-09 02:06 PM
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5. S/he told you it was a cyber-squatter website. |
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What else did you need to know?
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peacetalksforall
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Fri Mar-06-09 08:40 PM
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12. Sorry, I've never heard that term before. I'll read the rest of the subject |
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and do a search on the phrase-term.
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ddeclue
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Fri Mar-06-09 02:21 PM
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10. The whole point of the OP was to WARN you away from it... |
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as someone else here said, I correctly identified the site as a cyber-squatter what else do you need to know?
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Fri Mar-06-09 08:41 PM
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13. I have never been aware of that term before. |
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Fri Mar-06-09 02:06 PM
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6. I just tried the link, |
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and it really is called democraticunderground. I don't see how you could make a typo to mistakenly get there. How can it have the same address? It's a mystery to me. I have DU bookmarked, so never type it in.
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Fri Mar-06-09 02:10 PM
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Fri Mar-06-09 02:11 PM
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8. Look at the link again... |
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It is democracticunderground.com
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ddeclue
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Fri Mar-06-09 02:22 PM
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11. It's the DU website on crack.... |
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Fri Mar-06-09 02:04 PM
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4. There are a lot of sites like that |
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With URLs that are common typos for popular sites. It's a way of picking up $ for links, I suppose.
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Fri Mar-06-09 02:15 PM
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9. that happens to me all the time. |
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I'm the worst speller on the planet in addition to being a terrible typist. I drop letters all the time, type the wrong word. (like I just now typed work instead of word and had to go back and fix it) Sometimes I wonder how anyone can read my posts! LOL
I'll never forget the time I was trying to get into a website that sells home accessories and typed in "domesticated" instead of "domestications". At the time it took me to a squatter page listing fetish lifestyle sites. :wow:
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