Personally, I am amazed that anyone stayed with GoDaddy after the Seclists.org debacle. I switched to Gandi at that point and I have been really happy with them so far.
Seclists.org debacle? Link?
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#32Is it just me or has the focus shifting from SOPA to GoDaddy (reddit too has the same trend). I'm as anti-GoDaddy as the next person but let's remember that calling your representative will help the cause more than punishing a domain registrar. Maybe if you run a popular website then informing your site visitors about the evil of the bill (like tumblr) can do much more to help the cause than moving your domain name to namecheap.
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#33What I don't get about it - what does GoDaddy realistically have to gain from supporting SOPA?
Because it sounds good to support anti-piracy -- especially when they are the ones who often host sites supporting piracy. At least, I'm assuming this is their rationale.
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#34Personally, I am amazed that anyone stayed with GoDaddy after the Seclists.org debacle. I switched to Gandi at that point and I have been really happy with them so far.
Seclists.org debacle? Link?
http://seclists.org/nmap-hackers/2007/0
First hit for "seclists godaddy" on Google for me...
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#35"benhuh @mattcutts indeed... now, ask Google to pressure GD. GD is Google's third-party registrar." "mattcutts @benhuh I think we use eNom too. But safe to assume people has passed this feedback on." http://twitter.com/#!/mattcutts/status/149988873726984192
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#36Given the number of Google people who regularly read HN, I suspect this is already in the process of being fixed.
Fixed? You know, I get the whole backlash against GoDaddy and it's totally justified but these posts that basically demand all businesses switch registrars or imply that any company using GoDaddy as their registrar are somehow sympathetic to them is nuts to me. I know they don't outright say it but that's the subtext I'm getting. I hope everyone boycotts GoDaddy and transfers to another provider but we have to unders…
Google really ought to distance itself from GoDaddy. It reflects poorly on them, and I'm quite sure that Google has enough leverage to do whatever it likes in this case.
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#37Let's not pollute this place with hashtags.
No kidding. Hash tags need to die, this isn't twitter, and I don't come here for 100-character-long spam bursts of groupthink and newspeak.
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#38Is it just me or has the focus shifting from SOPA to GoDaddy (reddit too has the same trend). I'm as anti-GoDaddy as the next person but let's remember that calling your representative will help the cause more than punishing a domain registrar. Maybe if you run a popular website then informing your site visitors about the evil of the bill (like tumblr) can do much more to help the cause than moving your domain name t…
I'm as anti-GoDaddy as the next person but let's remember that calling your representative will help the cause more than punishing a domain registrar.
Are you sure about that?
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#39Let's not pollute this place with hashtags.
No kidding. Hash tags need to die, this isn't twitter, and I don't come here for 100-character-long spam bursts of groupthink and newspeak.
Chill. I have no problem with hashtags, and I don't think it's spam. I'm totally okay with it, and I have as much say as you do.
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#40Given the number of Google people who regularly read HN, I suspect this is already in the process of being fixed.
Fixed? You know, I get the whole backlash against GoDaddy and it's totally justified but these posts that basically demand all businesses switch registrars or imply that any company using GoDaddy as their registrar are somehow sympathetic to them is nuts to me. I know they don't outright say it but that's the subtext I'm getting. I hope everyone boycotts GoDaddy and transfers to another provider but we have to unders…
You know, I kind of expect Google to ditch GoDaddy. Because it is the right thing to do. And Google is usually about doing the right thing.
(Disclosure: I used to work for Google. I don't now so I have no reason to sing their praise, but Google have always been a few notches above the competition when it comes to trying hard to do the ethical thing)