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His approach is "funny" if you want, but it doesn’t help real users finding the real domain.
by hk__2 3y ago
His approach is "funny" if you want, but it doesn’t help real users finding the real domain.
- jjulius 3y agoI get the sense that that isn't really his goal. He makes clear it's just a fun passion project, and this sounds like an equally fun (to him) way of retaliating against those taking advantage of it.
- anononaut 3y agoIn a roundabout way, it likely would halt users unable to find the real domain from accessing the thieves' websites again. That narrows down the search for the real domain by one!
- alwa 3y agoHe mentioned that he found the imposters when a coworker happened across them on a search result page. Does Google apply penalties to the imposter sites’ search rankings when they serve shock content rather than what was being searched for? It seems like that might reduce real users’ confusion as they try to find the real “sqword” puzzle.
- prepend 3y agoI don’t think it’s meant to help users. I think it’s meant to punish iframers.
- latexr 3y agoOn the other hand, they probably will get an influx of HN users now. If they had used a tamer approach, I doubt this post would have the amount of points it has now.