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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, redditor proposes "Move your Domain Day"

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Post by shmerl »

solipsist wrote: post #120
pg wrote: post #114

Even if domains are just a loss leader for GoDaddy, they surely look at their numbers, so this is a way to send them a message they'll hear. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, but no one who still has a domain at GoDaddy will be entitled to complain about SOPA if it passes.

While I understand your sentiments towards SOPA, are you really going to distance yourself from all of these companies? http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Su...

It's good to be distanced from this kind of crowd ;)

Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, redditor proposes "Move your Domain Day"

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Post by pg »

solipsist wrote: post #120
pg wrote: post #114

Even if domains are just a loss leader for GoDaddy, they surely look at their numbers, so this is a way to send them a message they'll hear. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, but no one who still has a domain at GoDaddy will be entitled to complain about SOPA if it passes.

While I understand your sentiments towards SOPA, are you really going to distance yourself from all of these companies? http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Su...

Actually that's exactly what I thought when I saw the list yesterday. Several of those companies send people to Demo Day, and when I saw the list I thought: we should stop inviting them. So yes, we'll remove anyone from those companies from the Demo Day invite list.

Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, redditor proposes "Move your Domain Day"

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Post by solipsist »

shmerl wrote: post #121
solipsist wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I understand your sentiments towards SOPA, are you really going to distance yourself from all of these companies? http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Su...

It's good to be distanced from this kind of crowd ;)

Yes, but I was rather inquiring about whether it was even possible to do so. That list is huge and most likely growing. One of the companies on the list is McGraw-Hill Education. I have to use their products at my school - how do I get around that?

Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, redditor proposes "Move your Domain Day"

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Post by someone13 »

pg wrote: post #114

Even if domains are just a loss leader for GoDaddy, they surely look at their numbers, so this is a way to send them a message they'll hear. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, but no one who still has a domain at GoDaddy will be entitled to complain about SOPA if it passes.

I'm going to piggyback on your comment here, since it's at the top of the comment thread.

From the Reddit link:

"Name Cheap messaged me with a special discount code for reddit users: BYEBYEGD I'm not taking any positions i'm just reporting it. I asked him to give reddit users a better deal."

I'm not affiliated with NameCheap at all, but if you're going to move your domain, this might make things easier.

Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, redditor proposes "Move your Domain Day"

#125

Post by solipsist »

pg wrote: post #122
solipsist wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I understand your sentiments towards SOPA, are you really going to distance yourself from all of these companies? http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Su...

Actually that's exactly what I thought when I saw the list yesterday. Several of those companies send people to Demo Day, and when I saw the list I thought: we should stop inviting them. So yes, we'll remove anyone from those companies from the Demo Day invite list.

Ok, awesome! Glad to see that much commitment.

Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, redditor proposes "Move your Domain Day"

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Post by [deleted] »

pg wrote: post #122
solipsist wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I understand your sentiments towards SOPA, are you really going to distance yourself from all of these companies? http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Su...

Actually that's exactly what I thought when I saw the list yesterday. Several of those companies send people to Demo Day, and when I saw the list I thought: we should stop inviting them. So yes, we'll remove anyone from those companies from the Demo Day invite list.

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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, redditor proposes "Move your Domain Day"

#128

Post by unreal37 »

X-Istence wrote: post #62

I moved my personal 25+ domains away from GoDaddy to name.com and gandi.net. Best move I have ever done. I don't get shitty advertisements emailed to me anymore, I don't have to jump through hundreds of hoops to purchase renewals where I get bombarded with advertisements for various other services. And name.com is a small company here in Colorado, so I am supporting local while I am at it.

I still find this funny. I used to work for a web incubator called NAME (and had the name.com domain) in 1999-2000 before they went out of business in the .com bust. I always thought they had a great domain name. Not surprised it was snapped up by a registrar.

Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, redditor proposes "Move your Domain Day"

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Post by gerggerg »

pg wrote: post #114

Even if domains are just a loss leader for GoDaddy, they surely look at their numbers, so this is a way to send them a message they'll hear. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, but no one who still has a domain at GoDaddy will be entitled to complain about SOPA if it passes.

Along those lines. It seems pretty important to do what you think is right, even if it's effect on convincing others of your correctness seems negligible.

Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, redditor proposes "Move your Domain Day"

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Post by unreal37 »

solipsist wrote: post #120
pg wrote: post #114

Even if domains are just a loss leader for GoDaddy, they surely look at their numbers, so this is a way to send them a message they'll hear. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, but no one who still has a domain at GoDaddy will be entitled to complain about SOPA if it passes.

While I understand your sentiments towards SOPA, are you really going to distance yourself from all of these companies? http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Su...

That list would be a whole lot shorter if you removed the names of Law Firms. Why are they even on there? And the Congressional Fire Service supports SOPA? That's "stretching it" for supporters.
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