The original Mashable article makes a great point. The guy makes a totally reasonable argument and I agree. Let's get off GoDaddy already. It sucks that you can't share this opinion around here without qualifying that you hate GoDaddy and SOPA first (which I really do). There really is a strong tendency toward groupthink on the GoDaddy issue as well as a lack of reason. Yes, GoDaddy sucks for a lot of reasons. We've talked about it, said our piece. It's over now. Give it a rest. There is absolutely nothing we can say about GoDaddy now that will get us any closer to defeating SOPA.
“It’s Time to Give GoDaddy a Break”
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#22I agree, not only because they're terrible overall, but because one result of the fact that we haven't been quick to forgive GoDaddy is that Nintendo, Sony, and EA have quietly removed themselves from the SOPA supporter list as well.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-largest-game-companies-in...
Bad luck for GoDaddy that they've become the sacrificial lamb, but SOPA is now a toxic bill because of it.
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#23I've had numerous domains with godaddy over the years. I switched them due to the SOPA support as did many others, but over many years and many domains I was always happy with the company's service and (if you ignore the upselling) their customer service was always really, really good, IME. As much as I think they brought this on themselves and don't really deserve a whole lot of pity, I do think a lot of people (som…
I've been trying to say the same thing for a while and this is the first time I've heard anyone else voice a similar opinion. I'm pretty sure your very reasonable, rational comment will end up grayed out to the point of invisibility at the bottom of these comments pretty soon though. Call me a cynic but I've just seen far too much groupthink surrounding the GoDaddy issue lately to hope anyone would see the grounded rationality in the opinion you just shared.
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#24I do not think now is the time to cut GoDaddy a break at all. If anything, this sort of action should be taken on other companies who choose to have such adamant support of SOPA.
I transferred my domain names from GoDaddy to Namecheap a while ago so I couldn't partake in the mass transferring of recent, however, I would have if I had any registered.
Besides their stance on SOPA, there's also those heartless commercials they've aired. If a company is going to retain my business, they should act appropriate in public.
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#25No breaks due. They back pedaled after making a stupid or uninformed decision - a decision they would not have changed if their customers hadn't hammered them.
A Christoforology filled with big crocodile tears.
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#26I don't feel bad about what's happening to GoDaddy. They've profited handsomely from the internet community as a whole over the years as arguably the most popular registrar. They deserve to fail as a company for their support of SOPA.
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#27Even before any of this SOPA stuff I was leery of GoDaddy. Lots of competitors provide plenty of the similar pricing but (seemingly) better service.
I know people who've had issue with their hosting, and more.
It just gave me another reason to not use them.
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#28Speaking of misleading, awesome link-bait title.
I thought I was going to have to comment on HN basically with the verbatim text of the post, until I clicked through and read it.
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#29I've had numerous domains with godaddy over the years. I switched them due to the SOPA support as did many others, but over many years and many domains I was always happy with the company's service and (if you ignore the upselling) their customer service was always really, really good, IME. As much as I think they brought this on themselves and don't really deserve a whole lot of pity, I do think a lot of people (som…
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