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The Daily Stormer: A Hurricane Alerting Service

47 points by MichaelBurge 9y ago

frozenport 9y ago
>>We’ll name it The Daily Stormer, since a good domain name has recently opened up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer The Daily Stormer is an American neo-Nazi and white supremacist news and commentary website.[1][2] It considers itself a part of the alt-right movement.[3] Its editor is Andrew Anglin, who founded it on July 4, 2013, as a faster-paced replacement for his previous website Total Fascism.
- bobwaycott 9y ago
  That’s the point—to purposely repurpose the name due to recent events.
  - deleted 9y ago
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- zemo 9y ago
  that's the entire joke.
jngreenlee 9y ago
I too thought there was a strange coincidence, but the Author addressed this: "We’ll name it The Daily Stormer, since a good domain name has recently opened up."
apost 9y ago
Love this takeover of a despicable "brand" -- diminish them at every turn!
fnord123 9y ago
What is the title of an alert when a blizzard is expected to knock out electricity in the area?
- keketi 9y ago
  Achtung: Blitzkrieg!
- TFortunato 9y ago
  Is that the "White Power" alert?
aerovistae 9y ago
But at the end he says "funding ran dry partway through this project, so I've put the code on GitHub." I do think someone should follow through, actually acquire the domain name, and repurpose it. Although godaddy lists the domain as taken. God knows what limbo it hangs in now.
frobozz 9y ago
On reddit, several defunct formerly NSFW "pussy" subreddits (e.g. /r/wetpussy) have been repurposed to contain pictures of cats instead. Apparently some reddit user has made it a mission to grab them whenever they crop up.
- yflu 9y ago
  Yeah, iirc, r/stormfront was immediately snatched up as a storm watching sub for similar reasons
- hamitron 9y ago
  /r/marijuanaenthusiasts/ is my personal favorite (its a tree related subreddit, since /r/trees was already taken)
oomwat 9y ago
Excellent :D
sigzero 9y ago
Did they lose their domain OWNERSHIP? I thought just the hosting part.
- johnhattan 9y ago
  Yeah, a WHOIS shows that it's owned by Andrew Anglin (the original owner) until 2020. I assume that the registrars (GoDaddy and Google) just aren't letting it point to anything.
- hackermailman 9y ago
  The domain is in limbo, not the hosting. They already bought a new .ru domain and created a tor hidden service apparently. Whenever I see yet another article about that site, I think of the free advertising they are getting. It used to be a fringe site nobody had heard of but now that they are the media's public enemy #1 they've been elevated to mainstream status. Reminds me of something James Randi once said about debunking fraud psychics on TV, it didn't matter what he proved about them, people just saw the psychic on TV and immediately signed up for whatever they were selling in droves so he stopped doing it.
- adventist 9y ago
  Oh wow I completely mis-understood that! What a super effective way to stop speech!
mintplant 9y ago
You might want to fill out the README [0] a bit so casual visitors to your GitHub page don't get the wrong idea. [0] https://github.com/MichaelBurge/daily-stormer/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/MichaelBurge/daily-stormer/blob/master/RE...
discreditable 9y ago
Reminds me of reddit.com/r/stormfront which is a subreddit for storm photos.

47 points by MichaelBurge 9y ago

>>We’ll name it The Daily Stormer, since a good domain name has recently opened up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer The Daily Stormer is an American neo-Nazi and white supremacist news and commentary website.[1][2] It considers itself a part of the alt-right movement.[3] Its editor is Andrew Anglin, who founded it on July 4, 2013, as a faster-paced replacement for his previous website Total Fascism.

bobwaycott 9y ago
That’s the point—to purposely repurpose the name due to recent events.
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
zemo 9y ago
that's the entire joke.

jngreenlee 9y ago

I too thought there was a strange coincidence, but the Author addressed this: "We’ll name it The Daily Stormer, since a good domain name has recently opened up."

apost 9y ago

Love this takeover of a despicable "brand" -- diminish them at every turn!

fnord123 9y ago

What is the title of an alert when a blizzard is expected to knock out electricity in the area?

keketi 9y ago
Achtung: Blitzkrieg!
TFortunato 9y ago
Is that the "White Power" alert?

aerovistae 9y ago

But at the end he says "funding ran dry partway through this project, so I've put the code on GitHub." I do think someone should follow through, actually acquire the domain name, and repurpose it. Although godaddy lists the domain as taken. God knows what limbo it hangs in now.

frobozz 9y ago

On reddit, several defunct formerly NSFW "pussy" subreddits (e.g. /r/wetpussy) have been repurposed to contain pictures of cats instead. Apparently some reddit user has made it a mission to grab them whenever they crop up.

yflu 9y ago
Yeah, iirc, r/stormfront was immediately snatched up as a storm watching sub for similar reasons
hamitron 9y ago
/r/marijuanaenthusiasts/ is my personal favorite (its a tree related subreddit, since /r/trees was already taken)

oomwat 9y ago

Excellent :D

sigzero 9y ago

Did they lose their domain OWNERSHIP? I thought just the hosting part.

johnhattan 9y ago
Yeah, a WHOIS shows that it's owned by Andrew Anglin (the original owner) until 2020. I assume that the registrars (GoDaddy and Google) just aren't letting it point to anything.
hackermailman 9y ago
The domain is in limbo, not the hosting. They already bought a new .ru domain and created a tor hidden service apparently. Whenever I see yet another article about that site, I think of the free advertising they are getting. It used to be a fringe site nobody had heard of but now that they are the media's public enemy #1 they've been elevated to mainstream status. Reminds me of something James Randi once said about debunking fraud psychics on TV, it didn't matter what he proved about them, people just saw the psychic on TV and immediately signed up for whatever they were selling in droves so he stopped doing it.
adventist 9y ago
Oh wow I completely mis-understood that! What a super effective way to stop speech!

mintplant 9y ago

You might want to fill out the README [0] a bit so casual visitors to your GitHub page don't get the wrong idea. [0] https://github.com/MichaelBurge/daily-stormer/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/MichaelBurge/daily-stormer/blob/master/RE...

discreditable 9y ago

Reminds me of reddit.com/r/stormfront which is a subreddit for storm photos.