Thursday, August 19, 2004
What happened to Bugmenot
As mentioned here last night, Bugmenot is now, well, not. A recent post on the MozillaZine forums by someone understood to be the admin for Bugmenot.com says:
"Our host pulled the plug. I reckon they were pressured. If anyone has got some secure, preferably offshore hosting in mind then please let us know so we can get the service back up as soon as possible."Link (Thanks, Michael)
Update: Several BoingBoing readers wrote in to say something like this, from reader Bryan Swain: "I don't have the inside scoop on what happened to BugMeNot, but thought you might find this interesting. I've used the site in the past from work with no trouble, but as of today, it is blocked (our company uses WebSense filtering). I get a message saying that the site is blocked by the "Racism and Hate" category... figure that one out! The WebSense site has a section where you can see what sites fall into what categories and suggest changes, but, ironically enough, you have to register to use those areas. No thanks."
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