Worst transition Web site ever

Posted By Blake Hounshell Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 10:36 AM Share

I suppose it's too much to ask that the Obama team put together a whiz-bang Web site for the presidential transition, but couldn't they have come up with a better "under construction" message than this one?

UPDATE: Looks like the site is now fully operational and professionally done. Have a look.

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AMIK

11:50 AM ET

November 6, 2008

Agreed... although I guess

Agreed... although I guess it could be worse, like if they added one of those "construction" street signs that used to be so popular in the 90's on the web.

Still... what a horrible sign... and why the space after the first www?

 

SUJAL

12:07 PM ET

November 6, 2008

Who said his staff put it

Who said his staff put it up? Last I checked, they weren't in power yet... probably someone in the existing government IT staff did that one...

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TEODORO

12:36 PM ET

November 6, 2008

True

Whois information comes up as General Services Administration and the phone given also goes there.

 

FTUFVESSON

12:46 PM ET

November 6, 2008

Why put it up at all?

Considering the .gov top domain is protected it's not like someone would go along and steal it. Makes no sense.

 

LOGARITA001

1:18 PM ET

November 6, 2008

Looks like someone listened.

Looks like someone listened. Change.gov is now up and running.

 

PAUL GAUTHIER

12:48 AM ET

November 7, 2008

Wow...

A department of "change". Now, that's a change!

 

JGARZIK

7:17 AM ET

November 7, 2008

It's a recursive,

It's a recursive, post-modern meta-government...

 

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