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Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Re: Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by xinjiang »

I moved all my domains when the former CEO shot and killed an elephant, then gloated about it on video. It was both shocking and saddening for me.

Now the elephant killing is kind of a Voight-Kampff test I use. Anyone who isn't bothered with the elephant shooting wouldn't be my friend. I wouldn't want that type of person as a business partner or employee either. I don't think I could trust them.

I certainly wouldn't want to do business with a company that endorses or associates itself with killing intelligent, peaceful animals.

Personally, I want GoDaddy to GoDead.

Re: Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by iamandrus »

mikiem wrote: post #16

Oh boy do I want to, but I need to figure out where to move them to! GoDaddy's support is in Arizona, clear, well trained, and answer the phone quickly, 24x7. Admittedly, I don't reedit often, but good/fast/easy support is important, and can be vital. I am not sold that the support will be acceptable with the others. I desperately want to move away from goDaddy, but don't know where to go to !

Namecheap. They're running a promotion right now, use promo code "SOPASUCKS". Have fun!

Re: Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by The_Sponge »

mikiem wrote: post #16

Oh boy do I want to, but I need to figure out where to move them to! GoDaddy's support is in Arizona, clear, well trained, and answer the phone quickly, 24x7. Admittedly, I don't reedit often, but good/fast/easy support is important, and can be vital. I am not sold that the support will be acceptable with the others. I desperately want to move away from goDaddy, but don't know where to go to !

I've heard excellent things about namecheap. I'm going to be moving a few less critical domains to them as a trial.

Re: Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by kermitthehermit »

blurbytree wrote: post #8

No. But I think people should make up their own minds. The process of whipping up an internet hate mob with the aim of destroying / etc is one of the parts of the internet I detest the most. It's ugly bullying. It rarely concerns itself with facts, just how big the internet hate mob can grow to and whether they can succeed at destroying their chosen enemy.

Hello, GoDaddy employee.

GoDaddy needs to learn their lesson for the mistakes they did in the past and for SOPA.

I wish I could have downvoted you.

Re: Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by madhouse »

No, for multiple reasons:

* I never had problems with it.

* I registered my domains via google, I have no idea how to move to a different registrar, and I'm not motivated enough to find out.

* If I started to stop using services where I don't agree with either the company's decisions, or whatever their prominent staff members chose to do, I would have to stop using all such services, not only one. I would have to go offline and live in a cage, pretty much.

Just because I am using a service does not mean I agree with whatever choices the provider makes. As long as those decisions don't affect me, I honestly don't care, because doing otherwise leads to a path of constant anger and depression. Don't need that, thank you.

Re: Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by daeken »

jaysonelliot wrote: post #11
blurbytree wrote: post #8

No. But I think people should make up their own minds. The process of whipping up an internet hate mob with the aim of destroying / etc is one of the parts of the internet I detest the most. It's ugly bullying. It rarely concerns itself with facts, just how big the internet hate mob can grow to and whether they can succeed at destroying their chosen enemy.

So, despite the fact that GoDaddy helped write SOPA, never officially withdrew their support from SOPA, and even has special exemptions written into SOPA for themselves, it's a hate mob?

While GoDaddy is made up of complete schmucks I'd never do business with, and I believe all the hate is justified, it should be noted that there are no special exemptions for them in SOPA. The exemptions are for all registrars.

Re: Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by blurbytree »

kokey wrote: post #18
chippy wrote: post #9

My peer pressure / herd mentality / mob detection shields always get activated at times like this.

Indeed, and I just got myself another domain Yesterday through Godaddy. They are really the Wal-Mart of domain name selling, disliked by snobs and hipsters but everyone will buy from them at some point.

They're cheap, they work, they're not going to go out of business....

Couldn't care less if their CEO likes hunting, or if they help the US government with its internet censorship agenda. Hate the US government for that, not random companies.

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