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How Not To Run a Campaign Website

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the time-to-get-new-techs dept.

Soong writes "The blogsphere has been going crazy today about the technical difficulties being experienced by the Joe Lieberman for CT Senator web site, joe2006.com. MyDD outlines the story so far and has continuing updates. A reader at DailyKos digs deeper and finds some shamefully exposed ports. A front page story there has the money quote: 'Joe's site shares one server with 73 other sites. They pay $15/month for an overcrowded server, and then they blame others when it goes down?' kos also mentions that 'My hosting bill is now over $7K per month.' While this has immediate consequences for Joe Lieberman's campaign since his site went down Sunday night/Monday morning and the election is today, it makes me curious to see an expose on what exactly we're getting from various vendors when we buy into sub $100/month hosting plans."

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  1. No! by lymond01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a series of tubes. Tangled up tubes. Those democrats went and treated it like a truck...you can't do that! It's not something you can just dump things into. It's just tubes.

  2. Re: How to win friends!!! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny

    > You guys direct linked a $15/mo server?!!!??!!!?!?!?!!!??????

    It will only blow one fuse; $15 is about what it will cost to fix it.

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  3. Re:$7k hosting bill? by Matt+Perry · · Score: 2, Funny

    I didn't know it was a popular site. It looked like some guys personal blog.

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  4. Current text is even more funny by jawtheshark · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just clicked on the link and I got the following (hilarious) text:

    UPDATE ON THE ATTACK ON THE LIEBERMAN CAMPAIGN WEBSITE

    STATEMENT FROM SEAN SMITH: "For the past 24 hours the Friends for Joe Lieberman's website and email has been totally disrupted and disabled, we believe that this is the result of a coordinated attack by our political opponents. The campaign has notified the US Attorney and the Connecticut Chief State's Attorney and the campaign will be filing a formal complaint reflecting our concerns. The campaign has also notified the State Attorney General Dick Blumenthal for his review."

    "We call on Ned Lamont to make an unqualified statement denouncing this kind of dirty campaign trick and to demand whoever is responsible to cease and desist immediately. Any attempt to suppress voter participation and undermine the voting process on Election Day is deplorable and has no place in our democracy."

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    1. Re:Current text is even more funny by bytesex · · Score: 3, Funny

      They should check their referers. Way to go slashdot !

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  5. Re:if my bill suddenly jumped to 7K? by berbo · · Score: 2, Funny

    All You Tubes belong to US.

  6. Re:REAL attack by berbo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Joe is already pnwed by the neo-cons.