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  • (Score: 1) by moondrake on Monday March 10 2014, @06:26PM

    by moondrake (2658) on Monday March 10 2014, @06:26PM (#14159)

    I felt NCommanders queries were reasonable, and feel John escalated the issue. Probably because he is too emotionally attached. It should have been killed by a fast response by a mediator (if there is anybody left in staff on talking terms with John), but thats too late now.

    John is not the bad guy, even if he feels so, but he is being unreasonable. He should not be allowed to blackmail the site. So the correct business decision is now to simply move the domain.

    Nevertheless, this is not very nice and goes against my ethics. I think he deserves some kudo's for his initial work and ideas. Instead, I would offer him $1000. Take it or leave it. AND move to another site anyway.

    I hope the potential buyer John is apparently contacting is careful as he could be investing $2000 in a domain name that will soon be worthless

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 10 2014, @06:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 10 2014, @06:40PM (#14169)

    Uh, dude, if you agree he's "blackmailing" and "going against your ethics" how does that NOT make him a bad guy?

    • (Score: 1) by moondrake on Monday March 10 2014, @06:52PM

      by moondrake (2658) on Monday March 10 2014, @06:52PM (#14180)

      Well, everybody has these days in which we do things we later (should) regret.

      I do not have a binary worldview. I pity John more than I blame him.