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GoDaddy does not get that this isn't like the elephant thing or using moderately attractive B-listers to sell stuff. Those things, while some find them objectionable, don't really reflect much about how they view their customers in relationship to their core business offerings, domain registration and hosting. I've seen a few questions to the effect of, "Why do tech savvy people use GoDaddy." I can't speak for everyo…
> “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…
"Our company regrets the loss of any of our customers, who remain our highest priority..." If your customers had been your highest priority, you wouldn't be in this mess. I promise you that. How many of your customers asked you to draft and support a legislation which risks permanently damaging the Internet as we know it? GoDaddy has served media-companies and politicians, and not their customers. And based on their…
>GoDaddy has served media-companies and politicians, and not their customers. I don't understand this claim. Since the beginning of this whole fiasco, I've wondered exactly how SOPA would in any way benefit GoDaddy. But do you seriously believe their support of SOPA is from some special relationship with the recording industry? I don't see why that would be the case.
There's a difference between
"If you want to see our server logs, you're gonna need a warrant!" and
"If you want to see our server logs, you're gonna need a warrant; the Eastern District has pretty fast turnround and they know the landcape. Just bring that warrant back over here, and we'll get you the data you need."
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Coke's major competitor is not Pepsi, it's water. Coke's biggest challenge is to get people to drink more Coke and less water. Facebook's biggest competitor will never be another network, it will be "not bothering with a social network." And eventually people will get bored with these things. It may not be the current set of users, it might instead be the next generation of people, just as today's kids supposedly don…
> Facebook's biggest competitor will never be another network, it will be "not bothering with a social network." I agree that this is their biggest competitor right now, but saying it 'never' will be is a real stretch IMO. Not long ago, we would've said the same thing about MySpace, and look where that ended up. The social networking space is still wearing diapers -- naming the ultimate winner based on what you see t…
"Our company regrets the loss of any of our customers, who remain our highest priority..." If your customers had been your highest priority, you wouldn't be in this mess. I promise you that. How many of your customers asked you to draft and support a legislation which risks permanently damaging the Internet as we know it? GoDaddy has served media-companies and politicians, and not their customers. And based on their…
>GoDaddy has served media-companies and politicians, and not their customers. I don't understand this claim. Since the beginning of this whole fiasco, I've wondered exactly how SOPA would in any way benefit GoDaddy. But do you seriously believe their support of SOPA is from some special relationship with the recording industry? I don't see why that would be the case.
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/nocbt/under_the_cu...
I wonder if this still holds now that they "oppose" SOPA. If it does, then their opposition is nothing more than a joke..
That is not the main issue. Using the word oppose does not change your position. Just as Godaddy's support of SOPA involved helping to write it, Godaddy's opposition of SOPA - to show that they actually oppose it - must involve active campaigning against the bill, and working towards making it fail.
Godaddy doesn't have a vote in congress.
Anyone who wants to impact the companies actually responsible for the legislation with their consumer choices should stop buying Disney videos for their princesses, Nike's for the little jock, and Vitton for their spouse.
And of course cancel their cable/sattelite TV along with their iTunes account, stop going to the movies, professional sporting events, and forgo all branded electronics.
"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…
Well, they are getting warmer at least. I get the feeling that the only thing they are sorry about is that they got caught with helping the government censor the Web to increase profits. I expect more sopa legislation more cleverly hidden in the future from Godaddy.
Its easy to do Godaddy. One sentence: "censorship of the internet is wrong". They wont admit that though.