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Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are what is hurting HN's quality.
How come others get to downvote my comments but I don't like-wise? This is what's hurting HN. Black box phenomenon like this. No information about the commenting process. Maybe reddit is on to something after all. The designer of this site is one arrogant sob.
At the risk of further degenerating into meta discussion, I'll answer your question: Downvoting privileges are opened up at a certain karma threshold. The number has changed a number of times in the past and I believe it's currently at around a floor of 500-600 karma.
There are guidelines surrounding commenting/submissions here: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
#113If you are using GoDaddy for anything, you deserve what you get. If you are using GoDaddy for not just registration but also for DNS, I would just fix it as soon as possible and not tell anyone. Also, do backups, use good password practices, and everything else that everyone knows and the lazy will still fail to do. Oh, 20 seconds in and a downvote. I can take them, I didn't ignore the last 8 problems GoDaddy has bee…
Ok, snark aside, I think you would have contributed better if you rephrased this:
> If you are using GoDaddy for anything, you deserve what you get. If you are using GoDaddy for not just registration but also for DNS, I would just fix it as soon as possible and not tell anyone.
...to something like this:
"GoDaddy has a history of not only being bad with customer support, but also being the target for many politically motivated attacks for business practices which are not forthright or above-board. If you use them for registration and DNS, you are likely to get burned, so I suggest moving to another provider in short order once this clears up."
You could do a lot to benefit people without the vitriol, snark and associated venom.
Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
#114Anonymous is claiming responsibility: http://twitter.com/AnonOpsLegion/status/245218636187443200
As much as I dislike GoDaddy, and am glad I've switched away, I can't see how this kind of attack can possibly result in progress towards Anonymous's goals. It serves only to make them seem like radical thugs, far from being aggressive protectors of internet freedom.
Indeed. They claim to be against abuse of authority, but then take full authority to be judge, jury, and executioner. All in secret.
Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is an example of comments that are hurting HN's quality. Absolutely nothing useful to add to the discussion, just snark. Yet for some reason its the highest voted comment.
This is why I don't understand why I can't downvote despite being a newer user.
I'm an older user and I can't down vote. Please for the love of Paul Graham, give us a little info on what to expect when participate on the HN forum.
Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but anyone would say the same thing if I complained about QoS on one of those hugely over-sold shared PHP hosting sites. Are there really a lot of "not-too-savvy" folks who understand that they need GoDaddy to provide them DNS servers but know better than to use someone else for DNS services and/or registration? Maybe I underestimate the size of that population. I should and do apologize.…
'you deserve what you get' didn't go over very well, but was all the snark I found that could be judged unreasonable. Edit: also, there is a great deal of inertia to overcome for a registar change, so a bit of shove (instead of gentle encouragement) may be warranted.
No, you're right. It was off the cuff and non-specific and honestly, motivated by a frustration of GoDaddy more than of people here (though I do still hope that they consider this the last straw and move if they haven't already). I just think that someone who's as much a behemoth as GoDaddy could get their shit together and offer a decent quality of service and a tiny ounce of transparency.
I'm a bit upset because this subthread is so vitriolic as a result of my tone and I am sorry for that.
Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's shameful is that millions of not-too-savvy decided to make a serious decision without becoming savvy about domain registration. Profound? No, just pathetic.
How come I can't reply to TomGullen's remark? F-you HN.
There are timeouts in place to prevent rapid back and forth flamewars/arguments. You can bypass the timeout (at least most of the time) if you know how (for example, I just did to respond to you) though that should be considered bad form. This functionality is not something targeted against you.
Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
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" I would've thought you could simply set up your various DNS records in advance with the new service you use, and then switch the nameservers in the GoDaddy control panel." Yes, see my comment. "does anyone have any experience of using them?" I don't but it wouldn't be a bad idea to setup other servers (as secondaries) at another provider. The only downside to this is that you are then susceptible to anything that h…
I don't but it wouldn't be a bad idea to setup other servers (as secondaries) at another provider.
Thanks, that hadn't occurred to me in the slightest. You're right that it's not expensive, and as a direct result of your advice, this is the road I'll be going down. Thanks!
Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
Millions of normal not-too-savvy folks use GoDaddy because to them it's synonymous with domain registration. They profoundly do not deserve their sites to be down for that. For shame.
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but anyone would say the same thing if I complained about QoS on one of those hugely over-sold shared PHP hosting sites. Are there really a lot of "not-too-savvy" folks who understand that they need GoDaddy to provide them DNS servers but know better than to use someone else for DNS services and/or registration? Maybe I underestimate the size of that population. I should and do apologize.…
I totally understand what you meant-- definitely, anyone reading that comment had a chance to avoid this. But "you deserve it" is very harsh language for what is for the vast majority a well-intentioned mistake at worst.
So, no more shame, but just consider that it is possible to be sympathetic towards someone without endorsing their behavior.
Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is why I don't understand why I can't downvote despite being a newer user.
I'm an older user and I can't down vote. Please for the love of Paul Graham, give us a little info on what to expect when participate on the HN forum.