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Re: GoDaddy is default registrar for Google Apps Domains

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Post by ajays »

superasn wrote: post #32

Is it just me or has the focus shifting from SOPA to GoDaddy (reddit too has the same trend). I'm as anti-GoDaddy as the next person but let's remember that calling your representative will help the cause more than punishing a domain registrar. Maybe if you run a popular website then informing your site visitors about the evil of the bill (like tumblr) can do much more to help the cause than moving your domain name t…

You have a valid point. Remember: the main supporters of SOPA are the Hollywood bigwigs who want to preserve a flawed business model at any cost. GoDaddy is just side show.

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Post by Natsu »

mahmoudimus wrote: post #55
nknight wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://seclists.org/nmap-hackers/2007/0 First hit for "seclists godaddy" on Google for me...

Oh my god, reading that made me envision SOPA passing. Where a company, like MySpace, deems that one page on a large well respected website, like seclists.org, aggravates them -- they can just dns block it and it is no longer accessible. Holy..

It cuts both ways. What if someone with nothing to lose found some way to take out sony.com or whatever? I hope that will never be possible, and I bet anyone trying that would end up in jail, but you never know.

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Post by zbuc »

superasn wrote: post #32

Is it just me or has the focus shifting from SOPA to GoDaddy (reddit too has the same trend). I'm as anti-GoDaddy as the next person but let's remember that calling your representative will help the cause more than punishing a domain registrar. Maybe if you run a popular website then informing your site visitors about the evil of the bill (like tumblr) can do much more to help the cause than moving your domain name t…

Has anyone created a list of representatives and whether they support SOPA or not?

I've been seeing a list of companies that support SOPA posted on Facebook lately, but I think a list of reps would be a lot more useful.

Re: GoDaddy is default registrar for Google Apps Domains

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Post by iamandrus »

ascendant wrote: post #49
pavel_lishin wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What content did the #justsayin hashtag add to the topic?

The content is the link and the discussing of Google using GoDaddy. The presentation is the fact there's a hashtag in the title and everyone with their underwear in a twist over a # sign.

Hashtags don't work here. It would be different if he said "Just saying..." instead of using a tag from a social network. Also, how does it leave "everyone with their underwear in a twist"?

Re: GoDaddy is default registrar for Google Apps Domains

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Post by maaku »

bdg wrote: post #37
SandB0x wrote: post #24

Let's not pollute this place with hashtags.

No kidding. Hash tags need to die, this isn't twitter, and I don't come here for 100-character-long spam bursts of groupthink and newspeak.

$ echo "No kidding. Hash tags need to die, this isn't twitter, and I don't come here for 100-character-long spam bursts of groupthink and newspeak." | wc -c

> 140

Not sure if that was meant to be ironic...

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Post by commandar »

superasn wrote: post #32

Is it just me or has the focus shifting from SOPA to GoDaddy (reddit too has the same trend). I'm as anti-GoDaddy as the next person but let's remember that calling your representative will help the cause more than punishing a domain registrar. Maybe if you run a popular website then informing your site visitors about the evil of the bill (like tumblr) can do much more to help the cause than moving your domain name t…

Why can't we do both?

Another key thing is that this is a bill being pushed through with corporate support. We're not going the change the minds of Big Media, but we can -- and have -- change the minds of companies that are supporting it for reasons periphery to their core businesses.

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Post by jrockway »

maaku wrote: post #66
bdg wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No kidding. Hash tags need to die, this isn't twitter, and I don't come here for 100-character-long spam bursts of groupthink and newspeak.

$ echo "No kidding. Hash tags need to die, this isn't twitter, and I don't come here for 100-character-long spam bursts of groupthink and newspeak." | wc -c > 140 Not sure if that was meant to be ironic...

He said 100 and it was 140, so no. Not ironic.

Re: GoDaddy is default registrar for Google Apps Domains

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Post by _pius »

billpatrianakos wrote: post #58
maratd wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bingo. If you take out GoDaddy and a few others who either are or have potential to donate funds to election campaigns, those representatives will pay attention real quick. Much more effective than sending letters or calling.

There's not enough of us to take out GoDaddy. I really can't be optimistic about this. But in all honesty I get the whole boycott as a way to raise awareness and support that but there seems to be an underlying theme to some people's comments of wanting to put GoDaddy completely out of business. I think that's just immature. GoDaddy may be wrong on this issue but they're free to take whatever stand they want and real…

There's not enough of us to take out GoDaddy.

Sure there are.

http://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_ite...

Re: GoDaddy is default registrar for Google Apps Domains

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Post by loso »

I don't think Google will be changing their business dealings with Godaddy anytime soon. Google has a business relationship with KKR (the new owners of GoDaddy). They are investing 94 million on a KKR solar farm project. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/google-kkr-invest...
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