Socialists.com & Communists.com redirect to Obama campaign site

[Navin Johnson]

Internet shenanigans...

Socialists.com & Communists.com redirect to Obama campaign site

It appears a Barack Obama detractor is using the power of the internet to demonstrate dislike for the Democratic candidate.

At the time of publishing, the URLs Communists.com and Socialists.com redirect to the president’s campaign website, Barackobama.com.

It is unknown who the responsible party is.

While it’s unclear if the campaign can come up with a solution for this, Twitter users have already begun to take notice.

“Someone is being cheeky: go to http://communists.com or http://socialists.com” tweeted @zaijian.

“So http://Socialists.com and http://Communists.com redirect to Obama’s website. Yeah, this is going to be a fun campaign,” added @DavidKenner.

The Daily Caller has reached out to the campaign and is waiting to hear if any potential remedy is in store…. Developing….

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/26/s...rect-to-obama-campaign-website/#ixzz1qF5uQOHm

 

[jem]

the internet is getting smarter. what happens when it becomes self aware?

 

[pspr]

The easy solution would be to block any redirect from those domains.

 

[Navin Johnson]

Quote from jem:

the internet is getting smarter. what happens when it becomes self aware?

Be careful. When the internet becomes self aware, it will come after the people claiming the internet is self aware.

 

[bpcnabe]

Quote from jem:

what happens when it becomes self aware?

Uh...it has.

 

[jem]

Quote from Navin Johnson:

Be careful. When the internet becomes self aware, it will come after the people claiming the internet is self aware.

that was funnier than I anticipated.