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GoDaddy Silences RateMyCop.com

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-mighty-suspicious dept.

mikesd81 writes "Wired is running a story about GoDaddy shutting down a police watchdog site called RateMyCop. However, GoDaddy can't seem to give a consistent answer as for why. From the article: 'RateMyCop founder Gino Sesto says he was given no notice of the suspension. When he called GoDaddy, the company told him that he'd been shut down for suspicious activity. When Sesto got a supervisor on the phone, the company changed its story and claimed the site had surpassed its 3 terabyte bandwidth limit, a claim that Sesto says is nonsense. "How can it be overloaded when it only had 80,000 page views today, and 400,000 yesterday?" Sesto says police can post comments as well, and a future version of the site will allow them to authenticate themselves to post rebuttals more prominently. Chief Dyer wants to get legislation passed that would make RateMyCop.com illegal, which, of course, wouldn't pass constitutional muster in any court in America.'"

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  1. Hot or not? by Izabael_DaJinn · · Score: 5, Funny
    I want a site with all their pictures so I can rate them 1-10 based on looks alone.

    Hot-or-not-cop.com.

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  2. Re:The site is back up now. by spud603 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ratemycop.com is back up now... which makes this story pretty uninteresting. Not for long... slashdot may be even more effective than the host pulling the plug.
  3. Re:1984 by zen-theorist · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course the site certainly could be used to shine a positive spotlight on the great officers we also have. The last time I was pulled over was a couple months ago. It was a female state trooper who pulled me over for doing 10 over on a county highway at 10pm and I had a trailer tail light out. I only got a warning, but it was actually an 'enjoyable' event. I was so impressed with her professionalism and personable attitude during the stop that I wish I would have gotten her name so I could write her superior to say she was an outstanding officer. When I worked in media, I knew many officers personally - they too were great to work with. A site like this would be useful to post this info to.
    hmm, so what you're saying is she was hot!
  4. Re:1984 by D'Sphitz · · Score: 5, Funny

    GREAT SERVICE, WOULD SPEED AGAIN!!!! A+++++++











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