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Underground Mac Community Foils a Coup

Posted by kdawson on from the fortunately-bloodless dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an attempted palace coup that would not have been out of place in a Shakespearian tragedy, a moderator faction at Mac Serial Junkie, one of the largest underground Mac communities, was shut out this weekend after it was discovered that many staff members were plotting a coup. The plans included a surreptitious takeover of the domain name macserialjunkie.com. In an Open Letter to the Community, the founders of MSJ explain how a number of people at the highest levels of the underground planned their takeover activities for almost two years, only to be foiled at the last minute."

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  1. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I assume this is some sort of piracy forum, but regardless, who cares? This stuff happens all the time on forums and IRC. Owner X doesn't do much/disappears leaving Y in charge. Y gets upset that he's doing all the work while X enjoys ownership. Y plots takeover, and either does or fail and is replaced by Z.

    1. Re:Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yea, it's a site to swap software serial numbers. Amusing that people who are content to rip off other people's hard work suddenly think they have the moral high ground when they're about to be ripped off themselves. Pot, kettle, etc.

  2. Re:tag this whocares by quanticle · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No kidding. This is like the stories about scams and drama in EVE Online, but even more irrelevant.

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  3. Re:who fucking cares? by Derek+Loev · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've said it before and got modded down. But I'll say it again (and get modded down).
    Was anybody surprised Kdawson posted this? Seriously, anybody.

  4. Re:tag this whocares by ScytheBlade1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is one story that I honestly feel could be deleted, and no one would care.

    Because no one cares.

    Get this off the front page.