{"id":3805,"date":"2014-02-18T12:53:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T17:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=3805"},"modified":"2014-02-18T12:56:06","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T17:56:06","slug":"domainer-spam-never-go-full-retard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/domainer-spam-never-go-full-retard\/","title":{"rendered":"Domainer spam: Never go full retard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite movies is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0942385\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tropic Thunder<\/strong><\/a>. It sports a brilliant script and Oscar-worthy acting by its cast; Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for best performance by an actor in a supportive role.<\/p>\n<p>In a scene from that movie, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Full%20Retard\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Robert Downey Jr. says:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;You went full retard, man. Never go full retard.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When you represent a large domain outfit, such as <strong>Rick Latona&#8217;s auctions<\/strong>, sending me spam about selling this very blog, Acro.net, shows that you are an ignorant spammer.<\/p>\n<p>To follow up, a week later, with another email denotes that you are going full retard and don&#8217;t check who you&#8217;re emailing. Active web sites, particularly active blogs, aren&#8217;t for sale, retard.<\/p>\n<p>Full retard title goes to a Matt Kennedy of Latona&#8217;s, who signs the email. I want to believe that Rick Latona, who recently graduated from the Harvard Business School, does not condone this relentless spamming practice.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping such knuckleheads employed hurts your business, and the domain industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite movies is Tropic Thunder. 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