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How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by fistofjohnwayne »

Untitled wrote: post #136
mayank wrote: post #91

As someone who has worked with ecologists in the field on a number of wildlife projects in rural Africa, I find this to be truly repugnant. There are many ways of controlling "problem elephants" other than killing them -- in fact, killing an elephant is almost never an option. If the villagers don't have the financial resources to implement non-lethal control measures, I'm sure Bob Parsons does.

> As someone who has worked with ecologists in the field on a number of wildlife projects in rural Africa, I find this to be truly repugnant. Really? You know that the majority of ecologists support Elephant Culling (killing elephant family groups wholesale from helicopters)? > There are many ways of controlling "problem elephants" other than killing them There is an oversupply of elephants and an undersupply of spac…

There is an oversupply of humans and an undersupply of space. Killing a lone human male is no problem.

I find it sad that a lot of damage is done to the ecosystem and to other animals (which may not be as pretty as humans) because some groups (such as the UN) opposed human culling.

How long does it take for a tree to grow? How long for a beautiful Baobab? Do you know how quickly a human fucks up a tree? Humans are not an endangered specie –they are often a plague (due to limited natural predators, long life expectancy and the availability of water).

And unfortunately due to stupid laws (making hunting difficult and other requirements) it is very expensive for private game farms to have humans.

I fail to see how anyone opposes human culling can label himself as an ecologist.

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by dpcan »

dr_ wrote: post #133
c2 wrote: post #50

I guess I'll be the lone discenting voice and say I don't think it's that bad. Bob Parsons has always run his company the way he wants, and he has particular freedom to do so since he has zero investors and is the sole owner. He does certain things for shock value, such as the super bowl commercials, which by the way caused outage with a completely different demographic of people. Slaughtering an elephant might offen…

It's not so much about slaughtering the elephant as it is exploitation of the villagers to promote his company. It's like he's saying to them "Fine. I'll help you. I'll get rid of this elephant and save your crops and even feed you for a day or two, but you will have to wear my hats when you slaughter it". If this is more a philanthropic gesture, are the hats necessary? Should Bill Gates require every kid who is save…

Really? You think that's how it went down?

Isn't it more likely that he handed out the hats as a nice gesture to the locals, and he had no idea those same people would soon attack the dead carcass and start handing out its flesh?

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by mitjak »

elliottcarlson wrote: post #62
malvim wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been thinking of moving for some time now (even before I watched this video). My question is: how? They kind of own my domain names now, how can I simply change registrars?

Transfer to: Gandi: https://www.gandi.net/domain/transfer 1and1: http://order.1and1.com/xml/order/DomaininfoMove NameCheap: http://community.namecheap.com/blog/2011/03/30/elephants/ Basically go to any registrars home page and either search for "Transfer" on the page itself or in their search box if provided. They will all offer it together with easy how to steps - and I am sure their support team will help as well.…

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to transfer the domain away from GoDaddy. It's to a registrar unknown to me but the instructions will work for any registrar, and the guide is new enough to use the current version of GoDaddy's craptastic UI:

http://support.tigertech.net/godaddy.com

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by chc »

adolph wrote: post #109
randallsquared wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Both can be equally demeaning and morally questionable to certain parts of the population but let's be real here, killing an "innocent animal" is much more controversial than what is shown on TV almost every night. In a culture where steakhouses dot the roadsides, it seems odd to assert that killing an "innocent animal" is controversial at all. In some US locality where vegetarians make up the vast majority of the po…

Dumbo = innocent; Elsie = delicious;

I don't understand your point. You're just restating the hypocrisy that randallsquared pointed out.

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by chc »

fenfir wrote: post #134
nhangen wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly. Vegetarians have problems with killing...period.

That's not true. Vegetarians have a problem eating meat, hence the vege- prefix. I'm a vegetarian and have no problem with killing, especially for food. I'm just not going to eat meat.

From context, it is clear that he's talking about people who are vegetarians for moral reasons (as are most people when they say "vegetarians believe X," since obviously if you're not a vegetarian for ideological reasons, no ideology can be inferred from your vegetarianism).

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by BrandonM »

kwis wrote: post #5
RiderOfGiraffes wrote: post #2

Note: Submitted by me, by hand, after reading the posting and deciding it's relevant to startups. Branding is important, and what you do with your brand is important. Actions speak louder than words. Google is still associated with "Do no Evil," but that's starting to wear a little thin as some of their actions belie the mantra. Similarly, you can get people chanting a slogan, but if you do something wrong, people wi…

This is a CEO who, in 2005, posted a blog article talking about why we have to torture prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, because (mumble mumble) 9/11. He deleted both the original post and a half-retraction shortly thereafter, or I'd provide a link. As such, I'm not surprised that he turned his personal hunting exhibition into a marketing expense. He seems to have a deaf ear when it comes to brand management. And that doe…

> As such, I'm not surprised that he turned his personal hunting exhibition into a marketing expense.

Upvoted for this comment alone. In this context, the whole event makes a lot of sense.

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by leon_ »

grandalf wrote: post #6

Anyone who has had the misfortune of registering a domain with GoDaddy and using its horrible user interface to try to adjust DNS settings will not be surprised by this. GoDaddy should have been out of business a long time ago just due to the horrid usability of its product.

> Anyone who has had the misfortune of registering a domain with GoDaddy

Thanks god no. When I started publishing websites the webmaster forums were full with warnings about GoDaddy :)

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by run4yourlives »

joshmanders wrote: post #69
run4yourlives wrote: post #25

Wow. Just wow. Having been to Africa and seen elephants in the wild up close, among other animals, I simply can't stomach that I'm supporting a bunch of fat white Americans flying half way around the world to destroy a magnificent animal simply because they can. I'll be moving my domains away from GoDaddy asap.

You should move your domains away for reasons like constant up sales and other crappy tactics to keep you from your domains, not because the CEO shot a elephant in a different country.

As the customer I can do business with whomever I want to for whatever reason.

There is no such thing as a valid concern. All my concerns are valid.

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by drzaiusapelord »

adolph wrote: post #109
randallsquared wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Both can be equally demeaning and morally questionable to certain parts of the population but let's be real here, killing an "innocent animal" is much more controversial than what is shown on TV almost every night. In a culture where steakhouses dot the roadsides, it seems odd to assert that killing an "innocent animal" is controversial at all. In some US locality where vegetarians make up the vast majority of the po…

Dumbo = innocent; Elsie = delicious;

chc, humans call this humor or satire.
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