Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA • Hacker News Board

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by mavrc » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:16 PM UTC

drx wrote: post #3

> In changing its position, Go Daddy remains steadfast in its promise to support security and stability of the Internet. In an effort to eliminate any confusion about its reversal on SOPA though, Jones has removed blog postings that had outlined areas of the bill Go Daddy did support. > "Go Daddy has always fought to preserve the intellectual property rights of third parties, and will continue to do so in the future,…

> In an effort to eliminate any confusion about its reversal on SOPA though, Jones has removed blog postings that had outlined areas of the bill Go Daddy did support.

Somebody read 1984 and rooted for Big Brother.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by superchink » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:16 PM UTC

So, who's next on the list of SOPA supporters to boycott? Let's do it again until we actually make a difference.

It needs to be someone visible to whom we can send a very clear message, quite quickly.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by aroberge » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:16 PM UTC

noduerme wrote: post #52

Hah. I just reloaded HN and clicked the comments here -- I've had a few drinks -- I thought this was the same article along the lines of "Go Daddy Supports SOPA", until I read through the responses. This just shows what a couple thousand mobilized, highly motivated geeks can do in six hours. HN is solely responsible for this. Imagine if the top-ten stories for the day on this board were about the conditions at Apple'…

HN is solely responsible for this

I love HN. But that statement is myopic and over the top. I believe that Reddit started the discussion on a boycott. At the very least, much discussion took place there.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by Turing_Machine » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:17 PM UTC

gdw2 wrote: post #11

Ok everybody, transfer all your domains back... :-P

I know you were joking, but not a chance. The only effect this will have as far as I'm concerned is to move the transfer to the back burner for a bit (I'm on vacation at the moment, so I wasn't looking forward to dealing with the transfer hassle. Now I can enjoy a guilt-free holiday and do the transfer after I get back).

I was only on GoDaddy out of inertia/laziness anyway. At one time (quite a few years ago) they were...not good, exactly, but maybe the "least evil" of the available choices (a very similar situation to what you see with cell phone and cable TV providers). That hasn't been the case for quite some time, but I stuck with them just for the convenience of having all my stuff in one place. The constant upselling was annoying, but I rarely tinker with domain settings after the original config, so it was tolerable. This nonsense was the last nudge that was needed to push them over the cliff.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by gojomo » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:18 PM UTC

Great, kid. Don't get cocky.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by bgentry » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:18 PM UTC

No matter what they say, GoDaddy hasn't reversed their position until they do so in front of Congress and publicly withdraw their letter of support from the judiciary committee hearings.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by guga31bb » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:18 PM UTC

noduerme wrote: post #52

Hah. I just reloaded HN and clicked the comments here -- I've had a few drinks -- I thought this was the same article along the lines of "Go Daddy Supports SOPA", until I read through the responses. This just shows what a couple thousand mobilized, highly motivated geeks can do in six hours. HN is solely responsible for this. Imagine if the top-ten stories for the day on this board were about the conditions at Apple'…

> Imagine if the top-ten stories for the day on this board were about the conditions at Apple's factories in China.

I don't think it would have the same effect. Go Daddy is immensely reliant on the decisions of a handful of tech-savvy people. It's easy to move a domain, which hurts their bottom line. (for example, there was an effort made by some redditors to try to convince Wikipedia to move away from Go Daddy)

If everyone who visited HN stopped buying Apple products, it would be a blip (if that) on their revenue. While I wish it were that easy, I think Go Daddy is a special case.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by shomyo » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:19 PM UTC

Too late

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by benburleson » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:19 PM UTC

rkon wrote: post #20

More like "GoDaddy no longer publicly supports SOPA". Just looking out for their bottom line, I'm sure.

That is the simple rule of life. If you ever wonder why someone/company is doing what they do, follow the money.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by timjahn » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:19 PM UTC

They look so desperate right now on their Twitter feed, furiously tweeting everybody to let them know they're once again a "cool kid".

I wouldn't put it past them to support SOPA once enough people transfer back/keep their business with them.