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Haha, brilliant. I believed it for more than a moment. The WHOIS records spill the beans, though: Creation Date: 19-aug-2015
by cpmsmith 11y ago
Haha, brilliant. I believed it for more than a moment. The WHOIS records spill the beans, though:
Creation Date: 19-aug-2015
- IkmoIkmo 11y agoHaha it's fooling virtually everyone in this thread
- stevetjoa 11y ago... in part due to some hilariously complicit Hacker News accounts that are making serious-sounding comments. Not gonna lie; I was initially fooled.
- larrys 11y agoYeah but actually would have been better if they had registered the domain some time ago,let it bake for some time, and then put up the shutdown page and watch as HN commenters questions but took them somewhat seriously.
- datashovel 11y agoBecause we all know that failed businesses have plenty of money left over to outsource their shutdown notices ;)