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Yeah, I know. But seriously, we are talking about 50 domain names and cheap websites. Like, I'm not involved, but if I decided that I thought it was important
by vanniv 6y ago
Yeah, I know.
But seriously, we are talking about 50 domain names and cheap websites.
Like, I'm not involved, but if I decided that I thought it was important, I could personally create a protest website for each of the 50 states. $8/year per .com domain name, and $10/month for enough shared hosting for all 50 sites for now (or be fancy and spend $50/month for virtual private hosting and know you'll have room to grow). A few hundred bucks will buy you the stock images and other assets you need to have each site be real.
This doesn't require some big nefarious "elite evils" to fund. I mean, maybe some big right-wing group is sponsoring it, but at least so far we haven't seen more than literally a grand or so could buy you.
Plenty of folks could afford to donate that to make a cause they believe in be real.
- wideasleep1 6y agoMurphy says it cost him 4K, and he wants to recoup his costs. "“I realized all these fringe guys are gonna get a hold of these websites, So I went out and bought ‘em up that night,” he told me. The financial burden of thwarting fringe-right groups? “It cost me about four grand,” Murphy said. “I don’t have the money quite frankly. I was just trying to do something good. I’m in massive credit debt to do this.” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/04/reopen-liberate-urls/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/04/reopen-liberate...
- A4ET8a8uTh0 6y agoThat is an interesting development. I assume, despite his claims, that he saw an opportunity and took it with hopes of minor payoff down the line. Incidentally, don't most registrars offer basic privacy protection? I know my phone doesn't show up in basic search.