Mitt Romney, did you just seriously buy my personal domain name?

8 pointsby vladig1714 anni fa6 comments

I am being violated by Mitt Romney.

A few minutes ago, I get a notice from godaddy that my personal domain name that I forgot to renew has been transfered to NS21.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

Curious, I go to vladgyster.com. Only to be redirected to mittromney.com/jobs

Like, WTF? Are you desperate enough to buy boosted domain names that have nothing to do with anything you do?

A little offensive, considering unlike some, H Engage and I actually help create some jobs. As in 8 and counting :)

4 comments

probnotMitt14 anni fa

Are you sure the purchase was by the Romney campaign? I suspect there are numerous other parties (like a friend of yours?) that may find it funny or somehow advantageous to redirect vladgyster to that URL.

vladig1714 anni fa

I suppose that's possible? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occams_razor

My friends aren't political or technical.

vladig1714 anni fa

Looks like well documented: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-08-07/romne...

naner14 anni fa

Reminded me of this:

http://www.webpronews.com/why-does-this-mistyped-url-redirec...

They also were using GoDaddy. Perhaps someone is snatching up expirations and misspellings.

alexwilhelm114 anni fa

V - would love to take a peek at those emails. Fire me a note: [email protected].

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aioprisan14 anni fa

What's wrong with that? If your domain expired, anyone can buy it from the registrar.

vladig1714 anni fa

really? really? vladgyster.com has so many adjacencies to Romney jobs initiative. I think there are guys like Ron Paul and Obama have really smart online strategies. This just shows how tone deaf this campaign is.