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Post by freejack »

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…

Don't forget the millions that Godaddy invests in their lobbying activities each year. They had a hand in drafting SOPA, testify before congress etc. They are active in helping promote this type of legislation and haven't agreed to stop this political axe-grinding - they've just suspended judgement until a more final product with broader support has been forged. We haven't seen the end of this one.

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Post by dangrossman »

steventruong wrote: post #12
rmc wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hassle? What's the benefit to them?

I could think of a few reasons out of the massive number of reasons why. For starters, its another service that ties user to the brand. While it probably won't be a huge money maker for them, there are tiny things that may be worth doing to help them leverage growth and not to mention more analytics.

They wouldn't gain any new analytics. As a registrar, Google already has access to the root zone files, they can see what domains are being registered/dropped at every registrar. They already run public DNS servers too, so they don't need to get people to register domains with them and use them for DNS to see DNS activity.

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Post by wnight »

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…

> GoDaddy may be wrong on this issue but they're free to take whatever stand they want ...

Just as free as the people who think they should lose business for it, in shifting to a more social responsible company.

They are trying to enact broken and biased laws. Why shouldn't they go out of business?

No, they aren't the issue, but it's not like it takes energy or money away from fighting SOPA. And it adds ammunition to the anti-SOPA camp by establishing the instantaneous and painful consequences of speaking out against the 99%.

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Post by gujk »

maratd wrote: post #21
VMG wrote: post #9

What I don't get about it - what does GoDaddy realistically have to gain from supporting SOPA?

When you get to the top, you want to stay at the top. The problem is that on the way to the top, you became big. Real big. Big companies can't maneuver well. An elephant can't do acrobatics. They know they can't compete head-to-head with smaller companies. So big companies start to create artificial barriers to entry. They form partnerships (i.e. Google), they begin to advertise heavily (i.e. Superbowl), and they sta…

SOPA gives all siezed domains to godaddy. It is corporate welfare for them.

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Post by wnight »

billpatrianakos wrote: post #59
JVirissimo wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really, you're not going to wait a few weeks and see if Google fixes things?

What if they don't "fix" things? Is it then okay to go ahead and boycott Google? I would say no. I would still say even if they did nothing about this that dropping all Google support would still be throwing the baby out with the bath water. I'd honestly be happy if they put out a simple statement explaining why they're going to sever ties or continue doing business with GoDaddy and just honestly explain why. As a bu…

Why do you love GoDaddy? You're in an absolute tither about people exercising their right to deal with a merchant of their choice.

As for your argument about censoring the censors, it's daft.

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