SecondCityCEO by Seth Kravitz

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  Nathan // April 16, 2007 at 3:20 pm

  I understand your feeling disturbed at the first reaction “Oh crap, how can I make money off of this?”
  But do you think it’s a little off that your first reaction was: “Oh, crap, I wonder who’s making money off of this?”

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  admin // April 16, 2007 at 3:36 pm

  I figured someone would ask that, and yes its sad that my reaction was that there must be someone profiting off of this. The most obvious people are always CNN, Fox News, etc…

  But, figured that there had to be more people making money off of suffering, and what do you know, there are.

  But yes, its very depressing that when something bad happens, so many of us, including myself obviously, think that there is someone somewhere exploiting it for gain.

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  Josh // April 16, 2007 at 4:21 pm

  And the guy with virginiatechshooting.com hasn’t even put a site up yet! get with it lazy ass bastard!

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  admin // April 16, 2007 at 4:30 pm

  Actually, I doubt they will put a site up. Probably will sit on it and wait for people to make offers for it.

  Makes me wonder… Who is worse, the person buying it, or the person who is offering hundreds/thousands of $’s to buy it?

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  Bobby Digital // April 16, 2007 at 5:39 pm

  When a site like this is done in good taste you cannot complain. Also there are no ads on http://vtechdies.com/

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  quirkyalone // April 16, 2007 at 6:50 pm

  The ads are already there.

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  Seth // April 16, 2007 at 7:32 pm

  Thats pretty awful. Wow, I didnt even think anyone would put up a site like that for at least a week or so.

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  Joanna // April 17, 2007 at 12:52 am

  Has it occurred to anyone that an interested party (e.g. the university in question) might have bought up some of the domain names to prevent their use in spurious manners?

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  Anonymous Coward // April 17, 2007 at 5:22 am

  virginiatechschoolshooting.com is already gone.

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  admin // April 17, 2007 at 9:32 am

  virginiatechschoolshooting.com did go didnt it… Well, looks like all the “GOOD” domains are gone. Businesses looking to cash in will have to go with some more like:

  VTechschoolshootingmassacre.com

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  Argon // April 17, 2007 at 11:04 am

  “If your first thought upon seeing the news of this horrible shooting, is “Oh crap, how can I make money off of this?”, then you need to get off the computer because the internet has completely warped your ability to care for other people.”

  Ehhh, I don’t think it took the Internet to do this to these people, they were probably greedy bastards from the start.

  Condolences to all who were affected by this…

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  jay // April 17, 2007 at 2:35 pm

  As one of those people I can tell you exactly what went through my mind (after the shock of the event sank in) in registering the domain. It was “there should be a site for people to discuss the tragedy that is not just comments scattered across and attached to the thousands of articles that will be written”

  When people look back at this tragedy they will find all of the sensational articles written by the media, the books, movies, etc. But the actual thoughts and feelings of real people around the world don’t have a single, coherent place to be found. So I put up a forum on that domain last night in the hopes that real people will find it useful. When my father was battling cancer last year he found a lot of benefit in the group he belonged to who were in the same position.

  And perhaps, just maybe, there is a tiny possibility that some future person who is contemplating an act such as this might come across this site and see not the sensationalism of the mainstream media, but rather the human side and feelings that their potential actions could cause. And just possibly they might change their minds.

  And no, i’m not going to mention the name because then people will say i’m just trying to promote it. And no there is no advertising, PPC, etc. on it.

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  admin // April 17, 2007 at 2:58 pm

  Jay, thanks for posting. I was hoping out of the many domains that have been registered that at least a couple were going to people that actually cared about the people and were trying to help out. I know that a majority went to people that are simply going to try to sell them, but I know a few must be going to respectable sources like yourself.

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  cabe // April 17, 2007 at 6:16 pm

  When I read this page, the first thing I could think was WHOIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
  so I whoised the top 11 sites, and my findings are below. I agree that making a website to educate the people about the political stupidity of making your statements with a gun; however, I don’t advocate buying up many domain names to make your site more visible or to (dare i say) profit.

  why aren’t the people talking about the anti-depression drugs, and the 20-year lock-up of the documents surrounding columbine, and the fact that the columbine boys had been in some kind of anti-social reform program from 1998-1999.

  We also need to stop locking up our schools when somebody starts shooting. it is the MO of the police, AND the shooter to lock the doors (he chained them shut) and subsequently, the killer is able to kill everybody locked inside, and the police are able to catch the killer, and have lots of innocent victims –> funding.

  isn’t it strange how when the democrats get into power, our schools get shot up, and when the republicans get into power, buildings blow up

  and without further re-due, I present to you, the hottest new celebrity profiteers on the web… (not so fun being a celebrity is it?)

  virginiatechshooting.com
  virginiatechshooting.net
  virginiatechshooting.org
  Administrative Contact:
  Harvey, Lora harvey_ashley1[at]bellsouth.net
  12152 Natalies Cove Rd
  Cooper City, Florida 33330
  United States
  (954) 680-8966
  http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=virginiatechshooting.net&prog_id=godaddy
  http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=virginiatechshooting.com&prog_id=godaddy
  http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=virginiatechshooting.org&prog_id=godaddy

  VIRGINIATECHSHOOTING.INFO
  Administrative Contact:
  Samuel, Anil ddsamuels[at]verizon.net
  832 Lawler st
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19116
  United States
  (215) 856-9347
  http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=virginiatechshooting.info&prog_id=godaddy

  VIRGINIATECHSHOOTING.US
  Administrative Contact:
  Harris, Rob rob[at]titanequities.com
  19744 Beach Blvd #443
  Huntington Beach, California 92648
  United States
  (814) 680-0889 Fax — (714) 242-9827
  http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=virginiatechshooting.us&prog_id=godaddy

  the owner of VATECHSHOOTING.COM was a little more sneaky, employing domainsbyproxy to cover their tracks!
  Administrative Contact:
  Private, Registration VATECHSHOOTING.COM[at]domainsbyproxy.com
  Domains by Proxy, Inc.
  DomainsByProxy.com
  15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
  Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
  United States
  (480) 624-2599 Fax — (480) 624-2599
  http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=vatechshooting.com&prog_id=godaddy

  in the fog of oppertunity, a group called Clix LLC. bought up VATECHSHOOTING.ORG
  Administrative Contact:
  lambert, jon clixinternet[at]yahoo.com
  clix llc
  3512 brambleton ave
  roanoke, Virginia 24018
  United States
  18889992549

  VATECHSHOOTING.NET
  VATECHSHOOTING.INFO
  VATECHSHOOTING.BIZ
  VATECHSHOOTING.US
  Administrative Contact:
  Wasserman, Debbie fldaw[at]aol.com
  873 West Bay Dr. #214
  Largo, Florida 33770
  United States
  (727) 239-9414
  http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=vatechshooting.net&prog_id=godaddy
  http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=vatechshooting.info&prog_id=godaddy
  http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=vatechshooting.biz&prog_id=godaddy
  http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=vatechshooting.us&prog_id=godaddy

  Okay, I’m tired, somebody else take over.
  It’ll be fun, I promise you…

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  Corey // April 18, 2007 at 2:25 am

  looks like http://www.vtmassacre.com will be a memorial site also

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  Jason Woods // April 18, 2007 at 3:50 am

  http://www.virginiatechshooting.com has no ads.. it looks like its providing good stuff

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  Fredrol // April 18, 2007 at 3:52 am

  Well….

  Maybe time to remove the “right given by god in the constitution” also called 2nd amendment where anyone can own and carry a gun.

  That was needed in 1776 when the royal navy could come sailing any time but as it is now, the US armed forces might be the ones dealing with any attack and not the “trigger happy militia”.

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  mc // April 18, 2007 at 9:11 am

  http://www.virginiatechshooting.com has ads now… scroll down

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  miked // April 18, 2007 at 9:18 am

  Virginaitechshooting.com is taking donations that is wrong. VaTechshooting.org has ads but thy are just google ads in a template they used no big deal – not like they stand to make any money plus that site lets you place articles on it and comments..

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  admin // April 18, 2007 at 9:39 am

  Virginaitechshooting.com should not be taking donations. Their are long established charities that are collecting money already. They have support and distribution networks to insure that the largest possible percentage of donations get to the people that need them. They have track records of faithfully upholding their donors and tax records to show where all the money has gone.

  This person is simply collecting money and “promising” to send it along. I would say their is a 90%+ chance he is not a registered non-profit charity, so there will be absolutely no way to track where your money goes after you send it.

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  Rebecca Brown // April 18, 2007 at 5:13 pm

  Im terrible sorry for all the losses of the families that have lost loved ones. My heart goes out to you all. It kills me to hear this and I will pray for you all. It breaks my heart to hear all this. I hope that everyone can get to this as best as could be expected. Im thinking of you all and that kid had issues apparentley, but he should have went with it in a different way and got help. Bless you all.

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  Anonymous // April 30, 2007 at 12:17 pm

  Virginia Tech Memorial

  List of funds created at Virginia
  Tech by family and friends in honor or memory of the victims.

  http://WWW.CHO-SEUNG-HUI.NAME
  http://WWW.VIRGINIA-TECH-MASSACRE.ORG
  http://WWW.VIRGINIA-TECH-MASSACRE.NET
  http://WWW.VIRGINIA-TECH-MASSACRE.INFO

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  Bill Markets // January 16, 2008 at 4:15 am

  virginiatechshooting.com its very good. no ads.

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  soyroigo // March 31, 2008 at 7:42 pm

  Hello
  Wasjust serfing on net and found this site…want to say thanks. Great site and content!

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