Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: RuntimeDNA site hacked

seattletim opened this issue on Apr 01, 2006 ยท 40 posts


Tereesa posted Sat, 01 April 2006 at 6:08 PM

Sean - I think it has already been determined as a joke. Thanks for your insightful input. Jay - If your a business, handling your customers personal data and financial information, you should not joke about being hacked (really, any webmaster shouldn't joke about something like that). Period. I am not trying to be a party pooper. I like a good joke just as much as you do, however, I have been running websites for many years and I know what the visitors are like, hell, 99.5% of them don't even read the readme files, won't look for FAQ or help buttons, etc. I really am not sure how to explain it, it is just my opinion and yeah, I don't want to be all high and mighty or even come across as such, I am not perfect either and have made many bad judgements and will make many more I am sure. I just want web masters to think before they act. I love RDNA, I shop there all the time. I just feel the joke was in bad taste and bad for their business as well. I am not bashing them, just their joke and judgement on this ONE issue. You also had to scroll way down to see that is was a joke, and you could tell it was if you took time to read it but hell, as soon as somebody sees Hacked, they run! I do! but I already knew that it was a joke so I wasn't worried but I bet there were quite a few visitors that didn't know it was a joke and closed the page as soon as it appeared. Also, they do international business, correct? Isn't April Fool's Day only in America? or do they do that everywhere?