I am posting with a serious concern regarding the domain situation, and with the background of a software engineer, not that this is all that technical of a concern. If this rogue mod is indeed rogue, why is thedonald.win still pointing to the epik nameservers?
If the rogue mod has not relinquished the domain, how did he allow the page (this page: https://i.gyazo.com/cfa0847c08ce932885335d1f90ea40c4.png) to be put up?
If the nameservers are still pointed at epik nameservers, why are we not still using thedonald.win as our domain name? Was this change intentionally implemented early in the day in the hopes that the rogue mod would not notice and immediately reconfigure the DNS?
Sorry to say, but we need more transparency regarding this issue. We need the full story. With everything that's been going on, particularly related to arrests of Trump supporters, and all that I personally have at risk, and everybody else here, the answers to the AMA did not satisfy me whatsoever.
For example, NO question regarding cryptographic canaries was answered. Aside from that, my above question regarding the compliance of the rogue mod was not answered. I do not want to risk my life and livelihood and my family pondering these issues in a political climate that specifically targets us.
I am asking for a full transparent break-down from the initial launch of why this rogue mod is indeed rogue, why we are not still using thedonald.win, and why it seems that this "rogue mod" is in full compliance of this transition given the page that links directly to patriots.win.
Things do not add up for me yet. I am an honest person even when people do not like what I say, and I expect the same from this community and especially the mods. That AMA post in my opinion should have been submitted with a full breakdown of all information related to this that does not compromise opsec. My apologies if this comes off as abrasive, however, like I said, in this climate, there is nothing more important than the security of the users here, and making the users feel secure being here.
Regards.
The mods have answered a zillion questions in the stickied threads. It appears that the "rogue" mod is not totally rogue, and is currently allowing the redirect. u/Doggos said he "hopes and expects" that this will continue to be the case, but they had to make the domain change to ensure the security and continued accessibility of the forum.
The "rogue" mod (who did the recent media interviews) is under some serious pressure re his involvement with this site. We do not know, and probably will never know, all the details of what he's having to deal with, but u/Doggos has been careful not to paint him as some sort of real enemy. For all we know, his wife is threatening to divorce him and sue in the applicable lefitst-controlled court for full custody of the kids "for their safety", if he doesn't shut down the forum or subject it to Reddit-type censorship (note: I don't actually know if he has a wife or kids, just using this as an example -- it could also be a threat of getting fired from his "day job", or some other issue along those lines). I'd suggest you read ALL the posts and comments made today by u/Doggos and u/Shadowman3001. It's not hard to pull them up through their profiles, so you don't have to slog through the super-long threads.
Then sell/give it to the mods who are staying and walk away. He wants $$ but wants the site cleaner.