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Re:I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it by mattmerr on Sunday April 26, 2026 @07:24PM (#47915919)
What does "a domain that was making about $9k/year in ad revenue" look like? Is this domain one where people randomly stumble upon it and give ad views to a parking page? A website with regular use or other content that people visit for some purpose that is now under different ownership?
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Re:I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS on Sunday April 26, 2026 @07:25PM (#47915933)
Probably a parked domain with ads that people stumble across. We used to call these guys cybersquatters.
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Re:I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it by justinclift on Sunday April 26, 2026 @07:42PM (#47916053)
They're still called cybersquatters, except for some unknown reason ICANN has decided to not actually do anything about them. :(
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