Apart from this app, I'm confused how proudly this guy presents his sleazy domain-squatting shenanigans. It seems to me, setting this friendster site apart, these people are the parasites of the internet. This whole domain name business is a corrupt stinking pile of crap. Why are we tolerating this? For this friendster app, I think we can be certain, if it has any success, it will become the same crap we already have, given where this dude stands.
Considering how little is actually interesting about the app aside from it using an old domain, my impression is that the entire post is just pseudo-marketing, attempting to encourage people to get back into domain name squatting.
Well this vibecoded chatgpt crap is quite clearly an attempt at making Friendster more valuable than 30k
A little over reaction here, they were very open about the process. Lets not take down the horse before the carriage. The article mentions they started "park.io" which was backordering domains, so at minimum expertise and some relevancy exists (was acquired).
Lets look at Friendster from a less foggier lense, its an attempt in the right direction. Use it or don't use it.
Their reaction is perfectly proportional
This is such a wild over reaction.
There is nothing inherently wrong with domain squatting. Lol. Blame the system, not the people operating within it.
The people operating in it are the system.
Curious what you’d consider a better model for naming/ownership on the internet.
Wait people are upset, do the Friendster founders want their URL back?!
Maybe I glossed over something
IIUC it's not the model of buying domains from registrars which stinks of crap, it's the buying from registrars by domain squatters who then flip them for a profit having provided zero value that bears a whiff of shite. These ticket scalpers of the internet who contribute nothing can well and truly fuck straight off.
Speculators provide time-allocation of resources. They're pretty critical part of market dynamics to help resources get sold and developed when they are valued most. That is, they prevent domains from being captured prematurely for lower value use. Society profits immensely from their contribution.
Hey I get it, we all gotta sleep at night. Tell yourself whatever you like to get them zzz's. As far as ticket scalpers and domain resellers go, my assessment stands: they are bottom feeding zeros providing nothing of value and they can fuck off into the sun.
I don't need to be able to cure cancer to tell you that cancer is terrible.
You don’t need to propose a better model of the world to despise the dirtbags profiting from legal but icky shit in this world.
The tragedy of the commons is real. I have no good idea how to solve it, but I know that you are the problem. Your domain squatting ad bullshit adds zero value to society, but it does a lot of harm. It is increasingly hard to find good information between all the spam and the energy cost is immense. Your greed to the detriment of everybody else.
Public ridicule, denunciation and mobbing works somewhat, better in countries with more societal coherence then the US, not that I'm a big fan of that, quite the opposite. In your case though, I think you shouldn't get any positive attention for anything you say besides "sorry what I did, let me help undo the harm".
We must have read a different article because I read a neat one about how someone bought a domain no one was using.
It’s just an externality of online advertising
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I kinda fucking love it. He’s doing something. It’s interesting. There’s no scam. Let live!