http://metatalk.metafilter.com/tags/poetrysoc Posts tagged with 'poetrysoc' at MetaTalk. Fri, 31 May 2002 13:26:27 -0800 Fri, 31 May 2002 13:26:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://metatalk.metafilter.com/2251/Domain%2DHijacking%2Dand%2DMetafilter It turns out that MacSlash.com was no more "<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/17487#284100">hijacked</a>" than succaland.com was "<a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/2142#35285">stolen</a>" (despite what it says in the MetaFilter sideblog). Like <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/15733#247077">k10k.com</a> and <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/15733">poetrysoc.com</a>, they let their domain expire and it was snapped up. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/16299">Leslie Harpold</a> says that hoopla.com and smug.com hadn't expired, and <a href="http://www.textism.com/article/494/">Verisign</a> has not contradicted her, but true domain hijackings don't seem all that common, do they? tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2002:site.2251 Fri, 31 May 2002 13:26:27 -0800 domain hijack hijacking hoopla k10k macslash mefi poetrysoc smug stolen timeistight