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> Our goal is to create consequences for those who seek to do harm Rich coming from FB. On the one hand, scam sites should be stopped, on the other, I am not

> Our goal is to create consequences for those who seek to do harm Rich coming from FB. On the one hand, scam sites should be stopped, on the other, I am not sure we should let companies wantonly decide which domains other people register are bad. I can't even tell what the legality of this is. What does facebook even sue for, trademark infringement? Or is it fraud related which I would assume they'd go to the courts for. If namecheap is breaking the law, then the justice system should be involved, otherwise it's namecheap rolling over anytime facebook decides to sue them for anything they want.

ngokevin 7y ago
In the meantime, Facebook claims it is unable verify political ads for truth.
- afiori 7y ago
  that is indeed partly impossible to do, one thing they should improve is checking that the one buying ads is actually affiliated with the politician/party in the ad.
- lostmsu 7y ago
  I think that is a problem with ads in general. Most of them are generally designed to mislead.
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davidweatherall 7y ago
> I am not sure we should let companies wantonly decide which domains other people register are bad Isn't this the point of the legal process that FB is doing? FB aren't the ones to decide whether a domain is bad or not, it's down to the judge.
richrichardsson 7y ago
And yet they are happy to keep running ads for obvious Shopify scam sites that offer insane spec computers for $199 (where the GPU offered alone costs twice that) or an entire electric branded toolkit for $89.
- kkarakk 7y ago
  People selling dropshipped items for 500percent markup are the bane of e-commerce for me right now. i always end up finding the same item on aliexpress and then just dropping the item entirely coz it's gonna be low quality and have no customer support
  - joshstrange 7y ago
    I've made a game out of it, anytime I see an ad (and have some free time) for a "revolutionary" product or one that is obviously too good to be true I go searching for it on Amazon/Aliexpress. Often I can find a handful of versions on Amazon alone for half the price and/or terrible reviews.
  - 93po 7y ago
    Honestly I've been happy with 90% of what I get on AliExpress and it's rare to spend more than $10 on whatever it is anyway. I've saved many hundreds of dollars over buying from Amazon (often anyway from twice to ten times as expensive). For the stuff the sucks, I throw it in the trash and move on with my life. It's usually only a few dollars
    - MattSayar 7y ago
      Got some items as examples? How do you know the item on AliExpress is the same thing as what's on Amazon?
    - carapace 7y ago
      You buy garbage? Like you literally buy stuff and and just throw it away?

ngokevin 7y ago

In the meantime, Facebook claims it is unable verify political ads for truth.

afiori 7y ago
that is indeed partly impossible to do, one thing they should improve is checking that the one buying ads is actually affiliated with the politician/party in the ad.
lostmsu 7y ago
I think that is a problem with ads in general. Most of them are generally designed to mislead.

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davidweatherall 7y ago

> I am not sure we should let companies wantonly decide which domains other people register are bad Isn't this the point of the legal process that FB is doing? FB aren't the ones to decide whether a domain is bad or not, it's down to the judge.

richrichardsson 7y ago

And yet they are happy to keep running ads for obvious Shopify scam sites that offer insane spec computers for $199 (where the GPU offered alone costs twice that) or an entire electric branded toolkit for $89.

kkarakk 7y ago
People selling dropshipped items for 500percent markup are the bane of e-commerce for me right now. i always end up finding the same item on aliexpress and then just dropping the item entirely coz it's gonna be low quality and have no customer support
- joshstrange 7y ago
  I've made a game out of it, anytime I see an ad (and have some free time) for a "revolutionary" product or one that is obviously too good to be true I go searching for it on Amazon/Aliexpress. Often I can find a handful of versions on Amazon alone for half the price and/or terrible reviews.
- 93po 7y ago
  Honestly I've been happy with 90% of what I get on AliExpress and it's rare to spend more than $10 on whatever it is anyway. I've saved many hundreds of dollars over buying from Amazon (often anyway from twice to ten times as expensive). For the stuff the sucks, I throw it in the trash and move on with my life. It's usually only a few dollars
  - MattSayar 7y ago
    Got some items as examples? How do you know the item on AliExpress is the same thing as what's on Amazon?
  - carapace 7y ago
    You buy garbage? Like you literally buy stuff and and just throw it away?