Comments on: DomainState.com is Walking on Dangerous Turf

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:06:07 +0000

I got a good laugh with the comment that said his point was that it is unethical in the business world is all …. IMHO – There isn’t a single ethical point available in the “Business World” anymore. That is funny stuff there. Thanks! Business is full of greed, lust, unethical decisions every single day. I say yea the owners should do whatever they want with the site. Everybody else in this world wouldn’t hesitate to do the same if they thought for a second they will profit. Prove me wrong!

By: Sam Silverman

Sam Silverman — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:38:00 +0000

@Kevin – I don’t feel as though I need to convince anyone. I’m stating an opinion. Often times, bloggers can sway their readers to believe what they do, and sometimes they can’t. But the truth of the matter is, bloggers don’t really care whether you agree with them or not. Instead, we just want to hear your point, and your reasoning as to why you agree or disagree.

You are right, I am speculating. That’s part of blogging. How do you think theories are invented? They don’t just pop up. So many things can be speculated online, and that’s one of the points of blogging. For example, I’m sure you’re aware of the Halvarez scandal that took place a short time ago. There were dozens of blogs speculating what happened and their theories as to why. There were also dozens of blogs who just reported the news. Personally, I don’t think that blogs with just news updates about the Halvarez scandals are interesting. When you hear others speculate and form opinions, it makes you think. That’s one of the most important points of blogging, making the reader think and respond.

By: Kevin M.

Kevin M. — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:54:39 +0000

@Sam – Interesting response – “”If I haven’t ‘convinced’ you that DomainState.com went about their sale unethically, that’s what comments are for.”"

Be curious to know ‘why’ you feel you need to ‘convince’ others to your ‘assumptions’ that something is unethical!

Wouldn’t ‘proof’ do that??? (or is that an inconvienence for false conjecture?)

By: Sam Silverman

Sam Silverman — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:34:41 +0000

@Marcus – Appreciate your comment. For the reasons I’ve talked about in my article and conveyed in these comments, I believe they are unethical. Especially with ethical issues, everybody can have another opinion. If I haven’t convinced you that DomainState.com went about their sale unethically, that’s what comments are for. Thanks for your comment.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:12:42 +0000

I didn’t see a problem in the way they went about going through with selling the site. It’s not unethical. It’s just another business transaction. Chris Beach explained it best.

By: Sam Silverman

Sam Silverman — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:29:45 +0000

Everyone brings up good, valid points. This is a very opinionated article. Everybody is clearly going to have their own opinion. I found all of the comments received very interesting.

I do want to clarify, I was never a potential buyer for the DomainState.com forum. I’m not whining, I’m simply making the point that people need to learn business ethics and follow them. In my opinion, the actions taken were unethical. You might have a differing opinion. That’s what’s so great about blogs and blogging. You get to hear everybody’s point of view.

By: Ms Domainer

Ms Domainer — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:43:39 +0000

Forums are a pain in the rear and almost impossible to monetize.

Spammers pepper your forum with hardcore p0rn and irrelevant ads, and keeping up with them is practically a full time job, not to mention the hacking in…

Then there are the sicko-wacko trolls who live to spread their vitriol.

No thanks. Been there, done that.

By: Open Domain Market

Open Domain Market — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:50:26 +0000

They just did not disclose the reserve price US $20’000.

Reasons: Setting a reserve price would have brought the higher bids to that range.

Why Tell Now? :The owners minimum expectation not met.

By: Steve C

Steve C — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:45:33 +0000

Business as usual for some folks.

By: Brian Stevens

Brian Stevens — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:26:53 +0000

There has beeen a lot of crying done about this matter and its quite annoying its their site their rules snoopy is the is one of the few people i would like to see own it so regardless of what he has to pay.
( which I think its fair)

if you cant afford it STFU you dont matter

and Stuff happens climb down off your self-righteous high horse and get over it

btw nice rehash of what was already said somewhere else here snoopy has explained he is only buying the other 2/3 of the site its not rocket science any body else would have to buy 3/3