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https://techgage.com/news/gogcom_is_not_shutting_down_after_all/ https://techgage.com/news/gogcom_is_not_shutting_down_after_... It was a marketing prank. Som

https://techgage.com/news/gogcom_is_not_shutting_down_after_all/ https://techgage.com/news/gogcom_is_not_shutting_down_after_... It was a marketing prank. Someone, high up in their company, thought it would be HIGH HUMOR to pretend their site went down before users could download their drm free games. They relaunched a completely new redesigned site a few days later, but this was a mistkae. I still haven't forgotten or forgiven about this, but I still buy from them because the alternative is much worst.

macintux 4y ago
Seems like a perfect example of the pitfall described in the John Scalzi blogpost discussed here earlier today. https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/06/16/the-failure-state-of-clever/ https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/06/16/the-failure-state-of-... Update: the highlight for anyone who doesn't care to follow a random link: > The failure mode of clever is “asshole.”