Comments on: DMOZ is dead – Why DMOZ is corrupt http://www.websynn.com/2011/06/04/dmoz-is-dead-why-dmoz-is-corrupt/ Internet and Tech Blog Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:22:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Jonathan Wood http://www.websynn.com/2011/06/04/dmoz-is-dead-why-dmoz-is-corrupt/#comment-4851 Jonathan Wood Thu, 24 May 2012 14:52:24 +0000 http://www.websynn.com/?p=89#comment-4851 Interesting article. Hadn’t heard before what you were saying about competitors being able to view unapproved submissions.

I can tell you that I have been able to get some sites listed, but others I haven’t been able no matter what I do, even while obsolete links can be found in that same category!

Moreover, I tried complaining about this (I’ll be happy to be an editor for this category). This is the only place where I see any way to try and contact the site. And when I submit, all I get is a page with a link that says Go Back, which takes me back to the form submission page. (The page title says there was an error.)

So for me, DMOZ is screwed up beyond repair. It’s dying a slow and painful death. I wish someone would put it out of it’s misery.

]]> By: James Webster http://www.websynn.com/2011/06/04/dmoz-is-dead-why-dmoz-is-corrupt/#comment-4836 James Webster Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:05:59 +0000 http://www.websynn.com/?p=89#comment-4836 If the DMOZ editors are actually doing this to their business competitors, then they are guilty of violating the U.S. federal RICO Act (Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization) and are risking criminal prosecution. They are also guilty of another federal crime: Restraint of Free Trade, also known as the Taft Hartley Antitrust Act.

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