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  • Yeah, I think the title is just bait to get more clicks. Leveraging legitimate fear for what Trump’s administration is doing to garner more clicks is pretty scummy.

    It’s also ironic that the premise they are playing on to write this article is anti-trump, but then they go on to list Protonmail even though the CEO has been kicking Trump’s boots.

    Edit - Oh, look at that… a referral link to Proton.

    They also use GoDaddy for their domain registrar. No one who runs a website and uses GoDaddy should be trusted to provide any reliable advice on anything tech related.

    Okay. What the fuck?

    *Again - no affiliate links. You can count on that, for every post on this blog. I don’t profit from you as a reader in any way beyond your direct support, if you so choose.

    Then what the fuck is this?

    Edit again - Apparently their site is a Ghost blog, which has a feature that adds that referral parameter automatically. It’s called “outbound link tagging”. At least it was not intentional, but it does show more evidence that this person should not be relied on for good information.



  • I’m not sure what the consequences are for ignoring it, but it would violate the ICANN RAA to lock a person out of being able to transfer their domain except for legal reasons like evidence of fraud or a court order. Sure, they can terminate your account on their services but they can’t prevent you from transferral without violating their agreement with ICANN.

    It would be a weird scenario that you’re describing that would be unusual and exceedingly rare. You would need to be directly connected to something highly illegal for that to happen, not just a normal user.









  • WordPress core is not particularly ‘sketchy’, it just gets tricky when you start adding plugins. There’s no vetting on the quality of plugins available on the WordPress.org repo, and even less in places like Envato. The vast majority of plugins and themes are pure shit because they are made by companies trying to take advantage of the people who don’t know any better and their goal is to make them as appealing as possible rather than making a quality product and letting that be the appeal.

    WordPress is fine if you want a blog and don’t mind the more out-of-the-box experience they provide, with the exception of a few plugins that have proven their quality over time. Though, as a new user how do they know what plugins are good? You don’t. There’s tons of info out there for WordPress, but again the vast majority is catered towards people who just want a quick solution and can be taken advantage of to be sold a product.

    I think you’ll be fine starting off with a basic WordPress blog while you try and test out other options to see how they stack up and how they work for you. Just be very careful about which plugins or themes you install. You can use Roots/Bedrock to help secure the site and make it work a bit closer to a modern platform since you manage it with Composer. Or you can use ClassicPress if you don’t want Gutenberg shoved down your throat.

    Other options would be 11ty, Hugo, or a Nextjs based site.