# Typo Domain Names **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 20, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340 "2001-11-20T04:11:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/1 "2001-11-20T04:11:36Z")
I hate people who do this… register typos of real domains. I typed in “[URL removed - Coldfire]” by mistake and it took me to a porn site. :rolleyes: [Edited by Coldfire on 11-20-2001 at 05:43 AM] ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/2 "2001-11-20T04:19:20Z")
[http://www.angelfire.com](http://www.angelfire.com) pisses me off too ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/3 "2001-11-20T04:20:34Z")
[Link removed - Coldfire] that is 😉 [Edited by Coldfire on 11-20-2001 at 05:51 PM] ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/4 "2001-11-20T04:23:47Z")
no, you were right the first time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![k.os](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@k.os](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k.os)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/5 "2001-11-20T04:29:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ace309 \* > \*\*[Link removed - Coldfire] that is 😉 \*\* Beware: Pop-Ups! (Non-Porn, though) [Edited by Coldfire on 11-20-2001 at 05:52 PM] ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/6 "2001-11-20T04:53:22Z")
I clicked that, stupid me, and yes I got porn. ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/7 "2001-11-20T06:01:43Z")
When I used to use [http://www.hotbot.com](http://www.hotbot.com) i would regularly screw up the typings of it. Ive been to [http://www.hothot.com](http://www.hothot.com) and [Link removed - Coldfire] All of which were bad then (and although I didnt check both of them I’d assume they still are, I got a lot of popups on hothot). dead0man [Edited by Coldfire on 11-20-2001 at 05:44 AM] ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/8 "2001-11-20T06:58:57Z")
**WARNING: DON’T CLICK THE LINK IF PORN IS A PROBLEM - THERE MAY BE POP-UPS AND/OR IMAGES!!** I was trying to go to [http://www.thesimsresource.com](http://www.thesimsresource.com) the other day, but I missed an “s”. I didn’t hang around [Link removed - Coldfire] long, but I was there long enough to see that the page title was something about uncensored hardcore cartoon porn. Real appropriate stuff, considering that I suspect a large portion of vistors to TSR would be young teens or children. The Sims is a computer game, and the original has a G rating even though some of the expansion packs are rated 15+. [Edited by Coldfire on 11-20-2001 at 05:44 AM] ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/9 "2001-11-20T07:08:48Z")
A more sinister use of this is to run a _mailserver_ at a “typo domain” with wildcards allowed, so that ANY mail sent to that [any.damn.username.you.use@domain.com](mailto:any.damn.username.you.use@domain.com) goes to one account. Shady folk troll for sensitive information, credit card numbers, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/10 "2001-11-20T11:50:26Z")
**ARE YOU PEOPLE FUCKING NUTS??** How fucking DENSE do you have to be to post links to **porn sites** at the Straight Dope Message Board? And NO, posting a caveat or a warning doesn’t matter one fucking bit. Conveniently leaving off the “http:\” part so the text doesn’t show up as a hyperlink doesn’t matter either, **OpalCat**. If you wanna debate the evils of registering typo domain names as porn sites, _fine_. But if anyone one of you has the fucking nerve to _ever_ post (or _practically_ post, **Opal** ) a link to a porn site on the SDMB, you’re out the fucking door. I hope I make myself clear. Sometimes I just can’t _believe_ the stupidity of some people here. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/11 "2001-11-20T12:25:27Z")
_sigh_ Actually, Cold, I didn’t see the problem with it. I won’t do it again, but I honestly didn’t see it as a big issue, especially given that it was a) not a link and b) a typo of a common non-porn website ([www.livejournal.com](http://www.livejournal.com)) that many people here go to… I mean, if I was posting a url that was like [extrahotcumslutsonfire.com](http://extrahotcumslutsonfire.com) or something… yeah… but given what the thread was about, the fact that it wasn’t a link, etc etc… well let’s just say that I think that being called ‘fucking dense’ and ‘stupid’ etc over this is way over the top. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/12 "2001-11-20T12:29:29Z")
[ul][_]Whether or not the link is clickable is irrelevant to me.[_]The domain name of the porn site at hand is also irrelevant to me.[/ul]Re-read the registration agreement, if you have to. Then tell me what’s over the top. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/13 "2001-11-20T12:40:42Z")
I didn’t say that I thought the rule you were enforcing was over the top, I said that I thought being called names over it was over the top. And when I registered (the day this board went live) I doubt the agreement was the same as it is now. ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/14 "2001-11-20T13:45:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*And when I registered (the day this board went live) I doubt the agreement was the same as it is now. \*\* Just what does this have to do with anything **Coldfire** said? Yeah, you’ve been around a long time. BFD. Of all people here, YOU should know what is and what is not appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/15 "2001-11-20T15:40:25Z")
Back to the OP, I miss-typed [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com) yesterday and, sure enough, porn-site. I’m at work, dammit, I get huge “You have accessed a site that is prohibited…” messages and the IT guys start checking in when that sort of shit happens. The same thing happened with altavista or something a few years ago and I had to demonstrate what happened to keep from losing my web-access. Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Studi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Studi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studi)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/16 "2001-11-20T15:52:39Z")
I just accidentally went to [http://www.goggle.com](http://www.goggle.com) instead of google. I thought google had finally sold out. Scary idea. Studi ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/17 "2001-11-20T20:49:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Xploder \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > > \*\*And when I registered (the day this board went live) I doubt the agreement was the same as it is now. \*\* > > Just what does this have to do with anything **Coldfire** said? Yeah, you’ve been around a long time. BFD. Of all people here, YOU should know what is and what is not appropriate. \*\* Well he said to “re-read” the agreement, and my point was that the agreement as it is now is something I’d never read before (hense impossible to re-read it) And as I said, at the time I posted it, I really did not think that it was inappropriate (if I did, I wouldn’t have posted it) ---
**Author:** ![Hibbins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce73a5/32.png) [@Hibbins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hibbins)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/18 "2001-11-20T21:45:00Z")
**OpalCat** > [@](#): > > …my point was that the agreement as it is now is something I’d never read before… _Ignorance_ is certainly no excuse in these forums. 😉 I agree that **Coldfire** could have come in a little more instructing and less directing (as he is wont to do). ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/19 "2001-11-20T21:55:12Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Hibbins \* \*\ ***OpalCat** > [@](#): > > …my point was that the agreement as it is now is something I’d never read before… > [@](#): > > _Ignorance_ is certainly no excuse in these forums. \*\* What a great point! Too bad some people fail to do the responsible thing and read the rules. Especially when there have been threads in ATMB about the rule changes. I seem to remember when the Melin flap was goin on, the rules were changed and **Opalcat** was all over those threads. > [@](#): > > \*\*I agree that **Coldfire** could have come in a little more instructing and less directing (as he is wont to do). \*\* I have to disagree here. It’s been pointed out many, **many** times all over this board that porn links of ANY kind are forbidden. Since **Opalcat** has been here since the day this board went live (her words) she **had** to know that. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340/20 "2001-11-20T23:29:22Z")
It wasn’t a link. In fact I specifically put in the quotes so that it wouldn’t come up as a link. Again, I honestly thought it was ok when I did it. Now I know it isn’t, and I won’t (and haven’t) do it again. Can we move on now, or is it neccessary to hijack every thread into a personal attack these days? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typo-domain-names/94340.md?page=2)