not taking the same precautions Gab did... and they just did what Gab did without telling anyone
I'm not sure why this would surprising. They simply started out with their own hosting - something that used to be standard practice before AWS existed, and what many small websites around the world still do. It's not something one needs to advertise. In fact it is better not to.
I agree regarding funding though. The admins actively reject an advertising model. Obviously somebody is propping the place up, perhaps from sources the admins don't know about, and there is no telling when they will come to collect.
originally dot win was created by r/T_D mods, when reddit showcased open hostility to sub; first it was thedonald.win, then kia2 joined community, more reddit refugees also started join; on side thedonald.win changed to patriots.win due site owner going rogue; then it also joined into community.win pool (by memory, I was one of users who joined thedonald.win on first week ppl could sign to it)
I'm not sure why this would surprising. They simply started out with their own hosting - something that used to be standard practice before AWS existed, and what many small websites around the world still do. It's not something one needs to advertise. In fact it is better not to.
I agree regarding funding though. The admins actively reject an advertising model. Obviously somebody is propping the place up, perhaps from sources the admins don't know about, and there is no telling when they will come to collect.
Or the admins are just paying for it out of pocket. This isn't Youtube or something. All this site does is store text on static html pages.
originally dot win was created by r/T_D mods, when reddit showcased open hostility to sub; first it was thedonald.win, then kia2 joined community, more reddit refugees also started join; on side thedonald.win changed to patriots.win due site owner going rogue; then it also joined into community.win pool (by memory, I was one of users who joined thedonald.win on first week ppl could sign to it)
hol up what'd Gab do?