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Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by malvim » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 6:12 PM UTC

run4yourlives wrote: post #25

Wow. Just wow. Having been to Africa and seen elephants in the wild up close, among other animals, I simply can't stomach that I'm supporting a bunch of fat white Americans flying half way around the world to destroy a magnificent animal simply because they can. I'll be moving my domains away from GoDaddy asap.

I've been thinking of moving for some time now (even before I watched this video). My question is: how?

They kind of own my domain names now, how can I simply change registrars?

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by efnx » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 6:12 PM UTC

This is the final straw for me, godaddy has a horrible UI that looks like a toplinks page and functions much the same I presume. I've been wanting to move my domains from godaddy for years, but haven't due to laziness. What are the best alternatives?

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

#43

Post by dman » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 6:13 PM UTC

dman wrote: post #27

protomyth wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, NO. I believe in the bill of rights, but I do not condone the hunting of elephants.

What do you use a gun for if not killing people or animals?

I dont mind the downvotes but I could like the education on what people who believe in gun rights believe in.

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

#44

Post by pyre » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 6:14 PM UTC

danielsoneg wrote: post #10

What "Brand"? We ARE talking about the same company that puts out ads which double as Cinemax's 11pm lineup, right?

Slaughtering an endangered species and women in tank tops are hardly on the same level.

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

#45

Post by monochromatic » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 6:15 PM UTC

This was a reasonable post when it was about it was stupid to mix up GoDaddy's corporate image with this stuff. But this:

> It's a good thing that I have all my domains with another registrar or I'd be forced to move them.

is way over the top. Nobody's forcing you to do anything. If you choose to buy into the "CEO image = corporate image" thing, then fine, move your business elsewhere. But I kind of thought the point of the post was that it's kind of silly, but yeah, people do conflate those things.

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

#46

Post by Confusion » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 6:15 PM UTC

dman wrote: post #27

protomyth wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, NO. I believe in the bill of rights, but I do not condone the hunting of elephants.

What do you use a gun for if not killing people or animals?

He didn't say he didn't use guns for killing people or animals. Depending on the circumstances, he probably would, as would I (and I've never touched a gun in my life). That doesn't imply support for hunting elephants.

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by chops » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 6:17 PM UTC

dman wrote: post #27

protomyth wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, NO. I believe in the bill of rights, but I do not condone the hunting of elephants.

What do you use a gun for if not killing people or animals?

All elephants are animals.

Not all animals are elephants.

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 6:17 PM UTC

dman wrote: post #27

protomyth wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, NO. I believe in the bill of rights, but I do not condone the hunting of elephants.

What do you use a gun for if not killing people or animals?

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Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

#49

Post by staunch » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 6:21 PM UTC

dman wrote: post #43

dman wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you use a gun for if not killing people or animals?

I dont mind the downvotes but I could like the education on what people who believe in gun rights believe in.

If you're genuinely interested (and not just trolling): http://www.amazon.com/That-Every-Man-Armed-Constitutional/dp...

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

#50

Post by c2 » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 6:22 PM UTC

I guess I'll be the lone discenting voice and say I don't think it's that bad. Bob Parsons has always run his company the way he wants, and he has particular freedom to do so since he has zero investors and is the sole owner. He does certain things for shock value, such as the super bowl commercials, which by the way caused outage with a completely different demographic of people.

Slaughtering an elephant might offend some of your sensibilities, but hunting in Africa is wide spread and as long as the elephant is not endangered, I don't think your outrage has a leg to stand on. The elephant was used as food and now crops are protected.

There are much worse things going on in America's food industry then this. In fact if anything if that elephant could feed the village I'd say this was actually a good thing.

I can understand how this might offend vegetarians but even then, it's not like the animal was wasted.