Aug 17 2007Magazine Creators Not Familiar With Internet
From the "we live in a cave on a distant planet" department comes Official Meeting Facilities Guide's magazine "OMFG". Now right there on the cover it indicates that they have a website (also omfg.com) which 1. I am surprised was not already taken by me, and 2. might indicate that maybe somebody involved would be internet savvy enough to realize that the name you have chosen is horrible. They were probably sitting at the boardroom table kicking around ideas for a name, and had them narrowed down to "LOL", "WTF", "STFU", and "ROTFLMAO" before finally just going with the classic "OMFG".
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Reader Comments
1. KB - August 17, 2007 10:55 AM
OMFG I'm first!
2. Chappy - August 17, 2007 11:09 AM
OMFG I'm fir... Oh wtf.
3. Lauren.w - August 17, 2007 11:17 AM
Mega-Lolz
4. pork musket - August 17, 2007 11:18 AM
OMFG I just shit all up in my pants
5. KC - August 17, 2007 11:38 AM
How *was* that domain not taken? Did they actually bid on it?
6. Pedro - August 17, 2007 11:49 AM
Let's keep it going
OMFG...that is some crazy shiznit.
7. Alan - August 17, 2007 12:14 PM
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/810c/
8. Danny - August 17, 2007 1:04 PM
It's time to start slapping people.
Get to it.
9. .Ben - August 17, 2007 2:02 PM
I like the "AND" in Meetings and Conventions...
If meetings weren't enough!!
10. puppetman - August 17, 2007 3:05 PM
It's time to slap a bitch!
This makes me laugh every time I look at it.
11. Vahn M. - August 17, 2007 6:33 PM
Lulz, those people need to lurk moar and gtfo that domain name so it can actually be useful to someone who knows what it means.
12. Church - August 18, 2007 3:55 PM
They knew exactly what they were doing. It's a frakin' niche magazine that has gotten immense 'net exposure because of this. You can't buy that kind of advertising.
13. FL - August 19, 2007 1:51 PM
That's 8 solid years of OMFG!
Domain Name: OMFG.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS27.WORLDNIC.COM
Name Server: NS28.WORLDNIC.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 10-feb-2007
Creation Date: 12-mar-1999
Expiration Date: 12-mar-2011
14. Janne - August 20, 2007 3:53 AM
You are too late with WTF too, my friend.
The magazine Welcome to Finland uses it already.
I have had the questionable honour of reading one issue.
Go check out http://www.welcometofinland.fi
15. Krilnon - August 20, 2007 11:59 AM
WTF is also the World Taekwondo Federation: http://wtf.org/
A few of my instructors had shirts with WTF in large letters on the back.
16. Chash - August 27, 2007 9:35 AM
The Williamstown Theatre Festival uses WTF too, although I think they're moving to W... http://www.wtfestival.org/
17. MisterBP - October 6, 2007 9:13 AM
probably for the lulz
18. Nicklas - October 27, 2007 3:55 AM
Here's a cover and post from 2004 regarding this hilarious name.
http://commercial-archive.com/node/111722