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In terms of ethics, it is not good. Even if you don't try to sell anything, making visitors confused with your domain is not by any means recommended. Who will

In terms of ethics, it is not good. Even if you don't try to sell anything, making visitors confused with your domain is not by any means recommended. Who will make sure that he won't and never try to sell anything from now on. I am not arguing on the content, though. Whether it is good or not depends on the reader's assessment. You can't forgive one's evil act just because that act looks cool (to you).

stefanv 9y ago
I agree with what you are saying, but making visitors confused needs a bit more than just a misspelled domain name. People have brains... Ok, not all of them (brains) are so well developed, but I refuse to believe that landing on that website will fool anybody. Sometimes we try too much to be "fair" for the sake of being the "good guys" and we don't see things in context. Of course we don't know for sure that he will not try to sell anything or try to fool people that he's actually Google, but I'm only talking about the present. I don't think his act looks cool and I also don't think it's an evil act. And I don't even think his content is that good, but his content definitely doesn't try to fool anybody. Anyway, because English is not my native language, it's a bit hard for me to explain why I don't think is fair to flag it up.
- PleaseHelpMe 9y ago
  Don't worry I totally understand your point. Maybe I am a little bit harsh, but I still won't rollback my decision of flagging this. I understand that he doesn't try to fool anyone, but his attention vs what everyone perceives may conflict. I have to admit that on a site like Hackernews, the first time I look at this link at its address, I almost thought that Google is now interested in ICO, had it not been for the 1 minute that I try to look back at the domain and then go to its faq page.

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In terms of ethics, it is not good. Even if you don't try to sell anything, making visitors confused with your domain is not by any means recommended. Who will

by PleaseHelpMe 9y ago

stefanv 9y ago
I agree with what you are saying, but making visitors confused needs a bit more than just a misspelled domain name. People have brains... Ok, not all of them (brains) are so well developed, but I refuse to believe that landing on that website will fool anybody. Sometimes we try too much to be "fair" for the sake of being the "good guys" and we don't see things in context. Of course we don't know for sure that he will not try to sell anything or try to fool people that he's actually Google, but I'm only talking about the present. I don't think his act looks cool and I also don't think it's an evil act. And I don't even think his content is that good, but his content definitely doesn't try to fool anybody. Anyway, because English is not my native language, it's a bit hard for me to explain why I don't think is fair to flag it up.
- PleaseHelpMe 9y ago
  Don't worry I totally understand your point. Maybe I am a little bit harsh, but I still won't rollback my decision of flagging this. I understand that he doesn't try to fool anyone, but his attention vs what everyone perceives may conflict. I have to admit that on a site like Hackernews, the first time I look at this link at its address, I almost thought that Google is now interested in ICO, had it not been for the 1 minute that I try to look back at the domain and then go to its faq page.