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muriel_volestrangler

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33. Bogus website that no-one's heard of before

Thu Jul 24, 2025, 02:49 PM

Jul 24

On archive.org, its home page was, in June 2019 (the latest archive before this month), just an index leading to a page to sign in - in Turkish ("Şifremi unuttum!" = "I forgot my password!" )

https://web.archive.org/web/20190630150939/https://nycjournals.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20181028082609/http://nycjournals.com/e-flow/pages/login.php

"NB this is almost certainly not true: site was only registered last month (thanks to @shaknais for spotting this). unless it's confirmed elsewhere, best to ignore"

From https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup :

Name: NYCJOURNALS.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2995899838_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Domain Status:
clientTransferProhibited

Nameservers:
NS1.WORDPRESS.COM

NS2.WORDPRESS.COM

NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

Dates
Registry Expiration: 2026-06-29 16:39:42 UTC
Updated: 2025-06-30 02:46:17 UTC
Created: 2025-06-29 16:39:42 UTC

So it expired some time between 2019 and June 29th 2025, and now someone's picked it up. Yet it claims "United by a passion to educate those who want to learn, the organization was founded in 2013" on its "About" page. Its "News" index only has 3 stories, all from July 21st 2025.

This is a bogus site, yet claims to have somehow received internal Instagram emails - but all it does is quote one phrase. Please delete this OP.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] usonian Jul 24 OP

These tech companies need to be broken up newdeal2 Jul 24 #1

Easier said than done presently.. Flash953 Jul 24 #9

Who owns bluesky? Aren't they susceptible too? live love laugh Jul 24 #12

Go to Bluesky orangecrush Jul 24 #14

Bluesky's CEO Jay Graber seems legit and decentralization & 'open protocol' is baked in lostnfound Jul 24 #24

Thanks 🙏🏽 live love laugh Jul 24 #26

most of the large companies need to be broken up , nott just tech AllaN01Bear Jul 24 #10

Yes but you need to start somewhere and they are the most important newdeal2 Jul 24 #15

The antitrust laws are on the books Bettie Jul 24 #29

I do not use Instagram, but anyone who is concerned with free speech should be appalled at this... hlthe2b Jul 24 #2

This doesn't sound right WSHazel Jul 24 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author live love laugh Jul 24 #13

"Too Socialist"? What's a "Too Socialist""? Ping Tung Jul 24 #4

"too socialist" like in Scandinavian countries, I guess... Justice matters. Jul 24 #5

We here in the Nordics (I am in Sweden) are not socialist nation states. We are social democracies that have very robust Celerity Jul 24 #27

I see what you did there. Qutzupalotl Jul 24 #6

He's now in permanent suspension. Maxwell is being threatened now also. erronis Jul 24 #22

Hummmm peggysue2 Jul 24 #7

On the plus side, this shows how terrified they are of Mamdani and his ideas. flashman13 Jul 24 #8

NYCJournals.com was registered less than a month ago and that article is clearly AI slop. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 24 #11

And yet they say 41.3% of their readers have been with them for over 5 years! Wiz Imp Jul 24 #20

This article is frightening, but I didn't find it untrue. BadgerMom Jul 24 #16

Yes, this article is fake AI crap CloudWatcher Jul 24 #23

I knew Momdani wasn't mentioned. BadgerMom Jul 24 #28

Oops, sorry! CloudWatcher Jul 24 #32

"Thanks" for the huge campaign boost, trumpstagram! Grokenstein Jul 24 #17

This post should be removed. It is not true. Wiz Imp Jul 24 #18

The powers that be are really making me like Mamdani. Intractable Jul 24 #19

Please consider revising title and warning readers this appears to be fake news. Nt lostnfound Jul 24 #21

Good idea. You could email usonian directly to make sure he sees this suggestion. TheRickles Jul 24 #30

Alright, you idiots... GiqueCee Jul 24 #25

Looks like it is obnoxiousdrunk Jul 24 #31

Bogus website that no-one's heard of before muriel_volestrangler Jul 24 #33

84 recs, FFS... this is getting discouraging. n/t demmiblue Jul 24 #34

I just went on Instagram, he hasn't been deleted and has 3.7 million followers. This story is fake! Fil1957 Jul 24 #35