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Godaddy No Longer Just Doesn’t Support But Actually “Opposes” SOPA

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Re: Godaddy No Longer Just Doesn’t Support But Actually “Opposes” SOPA

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Post by nextparadigms »

drcoopster wrote: post #5

GoDaddy's prior SOPA support isn't the only reason why people are leaving them.

Things like these seem to happen to market leaders, who hear complains for years about certain stuff, but don't mind it because they aren't seeing their customers leaving in droves. But that doesn't mean it doesn't add to the growing frustration of their customers. They are only creating a ticking time bomb, and when they do eventually go over the top with something, that's when the bomb explodes, and then they wonder why there isn't anything they can do to stop the customer exodus.

The same has been happening with Facebook and their privacy issues. This year they finally got called out a little more on it, but probably not enough of their users left to take it too seriously. So when they will screw up in a major way again, they shouldn't be surprised if a lot of people walk away "all of the sudden".

Re: Godaddy No Longer Just Doesn’t Support But Actually “Opposes” SOPA

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Post by oozcitak »

raldi wrote: post #6

The reporter from TechCrunch refers to GoDaddy's "new CEO Warren Adelman", but according to CrunchBase, he's been in that position for over two and a half years: http://www.crunchbase.com/person/warren-adelman

The page was edited a week ago. He appears to be COO before that:

http://www.crunchbase.com/person/warren-adelman/diff/12/13

Re: Godaddy No Longer Just Doesn’t Support But Actually “Opposes” SOPA

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Post by kstenerud »

"Go Daddy opposes SOPA because the legislation has not fulfilled its basic requirement to build a consensus among stake-holders in the technology and Internet communities."

That's a pretty weak "opposition". Basically GoDaddy now "opposes" SOPA because of a "lack of consensus", not because they oppose what SOPA stands for.

This sounds a lot like "Wait! Come back! I promise I won't beat you anymore! I was drunk and things just got out of hand!"

Re: Godaddy No Longer Just Doesn’t Support But Actually “Opposes” SOPA

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Post by scrrr »

nextparadigms wrote: post #11
drcoopster wrote: post #5

GoDaddy's prior SOPA support isn't the only reason why people are leaving them.

Things like these seem to happen to market leaders, who hear complains for years about certain stuff, but don't mind it because they aren't seeing their customers leaving in droves. But that doesn't mean it doesn't add to the growing frustration of their customers. They are only creating a ticking time bomb, and when they do eventually go over the top with something, that's when the bomb explodes, and then they wonde…

About Facebook: There's probably no serious competitor for people to switch to (Google+ isn't quite there yet) and the majority of Facebook's users are not "techies" that care about SOPA. But yeah, who knows, in the future..

Re: Godaddy No Longer Just Doesn’t Support But Actually “Opposes” SOPA

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Post by sounds »

iamandrus wrote: post #2

It's too late for sorry, GoDaddy. Take your medicine.

To anyone saying, "Hey, don't be vindictive! Don't we _want_ people to come around and be forgiven?"

I see it as the difference between what a politician says and what a politician does. (That metaphor is not really a stretch here.)

Saying, "We oppose SOPA," is not the same as opposing it.

GoDaddy participated in drafting the bills (SOPA, PROTECT-IP, and probably COICA and ACTA -- remember, GoDaddy is the de facto recipient of ICS/DHS seized domains).

GoDaddy laughed when their customers threatened a boycott.

Today is "transfer your domain away from GoDaddy day." And only today their PR says, "we oppose SOPA!"

If a politician says they'll bring home the troops* ... do you forgive them for the needless deaths when they say it? Or when they do it?

* I believe the USA has the best armed forces in the world, who then suffer the whims of both political parties shedding blood and treasure for pointless aims. Have we learned the lessons of Vietnam yet? I support the _troops_, but if you're not happy with my political metaphor, please use whichever political decision best fits for you.

Re: Godaddy No Longer Just Doesn’t Support But Actually “Opposes” SOPA

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Post by FuzzyDunlop »

> “We have observed a spike in domain name transfers, which are running above normal rates and which we attribute to GoDaddy’s prior support for SOPA, which was reversed,” said Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman.

Funnily enough, the people transferring domains made one decision, and most likely, will stick with it and be able to justify it.

And to think, there could have been a market niche for a pro-SOPA registrar. Imagine the features page for that.

Re: Godaddy No Longer Just Doesn’t Support But Actually “Opposes” SOPA

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Post by zach »

kstenerud wrote: post #15

"Go Daddy opposes SOPA because the legislation has not fulfilled its basic requirement to build a consensus among stake-holders in the technology and Internet communities." That's a pretty weak "opposition". Basically GoDaddy now "opposes" SOPA because of a "lack of consensus", not because they oppose what SOPA stands for. This sounds a lot like "Wait! Come back! I promise I won't beat you anymore! I was drunk and th…

Exactly — every GoDaddy "opposition" of SOPA seems like you could insert ", while we still think it's a great idea, " somewhere.

This is like one of those apologies where the miscreants "apologize if anyone was offended" or "are sorry that they were misunderstood" instead of admitting what they did was wrong.

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