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Maybe it's difficult to justify a takedown if simultaneously they're responding to requests from search engines with full content for indexing, as part of their
by rlpb 4y ago
Maybe it's difficult to justify a takedown if simultaneously they're responding to requests from search engines with full content for indexing, as part of their business model. Either the full content is available to be indexed, or it isn't - which is it?
- yucky 4y agoIt's also a lot harder to actually shut a site down if they care to actually not be shut down, see: KiwiFarms for example. I've never seen a more coordinated attempt to remove a site from the Internet and yet they're not only still there and appear to be quite active, but their infrastructure seems to be stronger than ever as a result. So it's damned if you do, damned if you don't.
- joenot443 4y agoI think KF is a bit of a special case since the only reason it’s still floating is because Josh Moon is a pretty competent network engineer and webmaster and has pretty much decided to sacrifice his entire professional career and tens of thousands of his own money in keeping the site alive. Most controversial sites just end up throwing in the towel after they’re kicked off of GoDaddy. To be clear, I’m not defending Josh’s character or the content on KF, just trying to illuminate something I find fascinating.