A Porn Site Hacked My Medium Publication
No, Seriously
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It’s well-established that #bonnieluck is, in fact, a very real phenomenon. When people first meet me, I see their disbelief. But if they know me long enough, they always come around to see I wasn’t overstating or joking. My life is blessed, but my luck is astoundingly ridiculous.
Heck, if it wasn’t my daily reality, I’d be skeptical, too!
A trifecta of things came together for my silly but beloved Medium publication, Bonnie’s Mixed Tape, to get hijacked by a porn site.
Some of you are aware that I haven’t been able to access my publication for over a year. I assumed it was my fault.
I’m the first to admit that I am technologically-challenged. I’m so inept that I refer to myself as a Luddite and basically live my life most of the time like it’s 1996.
In fact, I had never heard of Medium before August of 2017. A dear friend chose Medium for me when I mentioned I wanted to start a blog. I provided some input, but she set up everything for me. I would have never been able to do so on my own.
Despite being clueless about blogging, I did make an attempt to buy the domain/URL for my blog. I am far too stupid to understand the dynamics, but I know that the domain and my Medium account were linked in some loose capacity.
I never created a proper website but owning the matching domain seemed prudent. Over time my domain’s automatic renewal got mucked up due to my credit cards being stolen repeatedly around the time of renewal. I inadvertently let the domain lapse and couldn’t get it back because someone had taken it over and wanted an exorbitant amount for me to buy it back.
Although I was a bit irked with myself for letting it lapse, I didn’t think that much of it. By that point, few people were interested in Bonnie’s Mixed Tape anyway. My dating/relationship stories on the now-defunct PS I Love You were much better received, so I focused more of my energy on that writing.
Besides, I could still access my publication completely and continued writing music stories there.
About a year and a half ago, though, I couldn’t access my publication anymore. I was disappointed and afraid that I…
