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

8 points by vladig17 13y ago ↗ HN

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 :)

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alexwilhelm1 13y ago ↗

V - would love to take a peek at those emails. Fire me a note: alex@thenextweb.com.

aioprisan 13y ago ↗

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

vladig17 13y ago ↗

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.

probnotMitt 13y ago ↗

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.

vladig17 13y ago ↗

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

My friends aren't political or technical.

vladig17 13y ago ↗

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

naner 13y ago ↗

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.