Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA • Hacker News Board

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by pstuart » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:47 PM UTC

markbao wrote: post #75

dclowd9901 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Businesses run the government. Money controls business. This happened to be one of those issues where it was very easy to clearly show the company that their particular actions would not be tolerated. Not only that, but the difficulty of moving your support away from them was tremendously easy as well. Because of limitations, not all industries enjoy this sort of free market-esque lateral movement. Comm companies, fo…

Huh, you're absolutely right. So people were able to make GoDaddy change their mind by impacting their bottom line. Instead of going through businesses to try to tell the government what the citizens think, and besides writing or calling politicians, what can we do?

Occupy!

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by Shenglong » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:47 PM UTC

This isn't even close to enough. I want to see GoDaddy actively take a stand against SOPA, much like (other) tech companies have done.

If they do that, perhaps I'll consider staying with them.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by darkmethod » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:48 PM UTC

markbao wrote: post #18

The only thing this means is that community action actually made a difference. That's immensely reassuring. Can we keep doing this, but for SOPA itself?

People in my office are actually cheering. I hope this is just the first of many companies to rescind their pledge.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by walru » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:49 PM UTC

At this point the damage has been done.

Backing down from a position they had such strong convictions in only makes them look like more of a rat.

They have no honor and now they no longer have my business.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by tdfx » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:51 PM UTC

geekam wrote: post #13

RexRollman wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are simply NOT trustworthy.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...you can't get fooled again, once you're fooled. ~George W. Bush. The man said it himself. They are not trustworthy.

For the sake of completeness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwxTRNzLZ9M

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by plainOldText » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:52 PM UTC

Boycotting is one of the most effective strategies to use when dealing with a company whose actions or stance you don't like. I'd wish more people started doing this when dealing with insurance companies,ISPs, record labels, facebook, heck even the government. After all, they are nothing without their customers.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by Xurinos » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:53 PM UTC

jmonegro wrote: post #103

aroberge wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

That is correct. I'd say Reddit is the one solely responsible for this.

You meant jointly.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by botker » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:53 PM UTC

dclowd9901 wrote: post #34

markbao wrote: post #18

The only thing this means is that community action actually made a difference. That's immensely reassuring. Can we keep doing this, but for SOPA itself?

Businesses run the government. Money controls business. This happened to be one of those issues where it was very easy to clearly show the company that their particular actions would not be tolerated. Not only that, but the difficulty of moving your support away from them was tremendously easy as well. Because of limitations, not all industries enjoy this sort of free market-esque lateral movement. Comm companies, fo…

That's 1 down, 141 to go. Who's next? http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Su...

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by eurohacker » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:53 PM UTC

markbao wrote: post #18

The only thing this means is that community action actually made a difference. That's immensely reassuring. Can we keep doing this, but for SOPA itself?

the same way congressmen who are against sopa in certain states can get ahead and can get bigger campaign donations - then thats a real change

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by rumblestrut » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 7:54 PM UTC

weaksauce wrote: post #86

rumblestrut wrote: post #44

I set up a Namecheap account and purchased a domain yesterday. No terrible upselling, pretty straightforward shopping cart (not a fan that it didn't take Discover, but no biggie). Overall, it was a pleasant experience. I'm a longtime Go Daddy customer and have several domains with them. I've thought about moving from GoDaddy, but never made it a priority. But I finally got motivated enough to see the process of switc…

I wouldn't wait; the process takes some time and if you put it off until the last minute you will be forced to stay with godaddy. You are not able to transfer a domain if there is less than 7 days left until expiration. do it now and namecheap(or most registrars) will honor the remaining time on the contract and add the year that you buy onto it. really no reason to wait.

If that's true, then I'll go ahead and transfer them now. One of my concerns was losing money on transferring them way before they expire. Thanks!