Changes and Controversies

In an August 2002 blog entry technology blogger Anil Dash lamented LGF's shift in focus, urging Johnson to return to the discussion of website design issues. The resulting war of words spilled into the comment boards of both sites, flaring up again in October 2002 when MSNBC's Will Femia described LGF as "hateful or even racist"In October 2003, LGF was the victim of a denial-of-service attack carried out by the members of various jihadist internet forums. This attack, although directed against another pro-Israel website (Internet Haganah), also affected Little Green Footballs, as it shares the same web hosting provider.
In April 2004, an anonymous critic constructed a satirical quiz comparing comments left by LGF users advocating the "sterilization" of "subhumans" and "vermin" to quotations from the writings of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler. LGF supporters objected, arguing that LGF users had been quoted out of context on a largely unmoderated (and very popular) blog.