[2] According to a statement on the web, it was originally created by Ransom Scott as a known place where uncensored discussion of government policies could occur before adult content was added to make it more profitable.
[4] The site's hosting of adult content paralleled the dot-com bubble, when Internet development focused on the promotion of websites with .com domains.
A person seeking information about the White House, the American landmark residence/place-of-work, might expect to find such a thing at a .com address.
The website whitehouse.org, a humor site that formerly satirized the former U.S. president George W. Bush, remains controversial for similar reasons, although less so because its content is usually much less explicit.
[8] Parisi had said he did not want to sell the domain name to anyone in the adult entertainment industry, and even claimed to have turned down what was essentially a blank check from a buyer hiding his identity behind his broker.
In December 2005 it contained only Google ads, with a notice that a site for investigating people by checking their public records would be coming.
The site's purported main purpose was to provide a search portal for personal injury / disability lawyers based on users location.
But upon testing user input including name, phone, state, and e-mail, no listing of lawyers was provided.
As of May 2020, the site was offering information about the COVID-19 pandemic, plus an opinion poll on the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 crisis in the United States.
This type of behavior with trademarks led the United States government to the passage of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.