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Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by inconditus »

noduerme wrote: post #52

Hah. I just reloaded HN and clicked the comments here -- I've had a few drinks -- I thought this was the same article along the lines of "Go Daddy Supports SOPA", until I read through the responses. This just shows what a couple thousand mobilized, highly motivated geeks can do in six hours. HN is solely responsible for this. Imagine if the top-ten stories for the day on this board were about the conditions at Apple'…

> HN is solely responsible for this

Several communities worked together, such as the tech blogosphere, Reddit, and other social media. Although HN may be the birthplace of the idea to boycott Godaddy, its hardly just HN being responsible.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by ______ »

timjahn wrote: post #70

They look so desperate right now on their Twitter feed, furiously tweeting everybody to let them know they're once again a "cool kid". I wouldn't put it past them to support SOPA once enough people transfer back/keep their business with them.

What will they gain by tweeting the _same exact thing_ over and over so many times?

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by cheald »

This doesn't mean it's okay to use them. Even if they're sincere in this turnaround (and I highly doubt they are), the fact that they lent support to this legislation at all shows that they are at best clueless, and at worst evil. In either case, they aren't going to be getting my business anymore.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by [deleted] »

guga31bb wrote: post #67
noduerme wrote: post #52

Hah. I just reloaded HN and clicked the comments here -- I've had a few drinks -- I thought this was the same article along the lines of "Go Daddy Supports SOPA", until I read through the responses. This just shows what a couple thousand mobilized, highly motivated geeks can do in six hours. HN is solely responsible for this. Imagine if the top-ten stories for the day on this board were about the conditions at Apple'…

> Imagine if the top-ten stories for the day on this board were about the conditions at Apple's factories in China. I don't think it would have the same effect. Go Daddy is immensely reliant on the decisions of a handful of tech-savvy people. It's easy to move a domain, which hurts their bottom line. (for example, there was an effort made by some redditors to try to convince Wikipedia to move away from Go Daddy) If e…

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Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by int3rnaut »

mwsherman wrote: post #76
marshray wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think they should be commended for backing away (only after huge public outrage) from a position that was despicable in the first place. I'm happy to forget about them for a while longer.

And that’s fine! They’ve turned you off as a customer, based on issues that are important to you. I’m simply pointing out that (perhaps) outcomes matter a bit more than our indignant feelings.

I totally agree with you. The real story here is that a large player in the internet (self proclaimed "World's #1 Domain registrar") crossed the line--to the "good side", therein lending more power to the cause of stopping this thing.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by x3c »

The fact that GoDaddy recanted is significant because any other internet companies will think twice before supporting SOPA, atleast publicly but that matters a lot. Maybe if US citizens could get more aware of the situation, they can make a dent in Media moguls' purses as well.

PR matters a lot to companies, if general population shows this kind of activism, SOPA can be defeated. Good luck US, the rest of the world is waiting for you to nip this censorship in the bud before it spreads like the virus in Resident Evil movies.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by noduerme »

noduerme wrote: post #52

Hah. I just reloaded HN and clicked the comments here -- I've had a few drinks -- I thought this was the same article along the lines of "Go Daddy Supports SOPA", until I read through the responses. This just shows what a couple thousand mobilized, highly motivated geeks can do in six hours. HN is solely responsible for this. Imagine if the top-ten stories for the day on this board were about the conditions at Apple'…

OK -- I didn't mean to leave Reddit out of this. I'm not a regular there and didn't read the initiating post, so it's fair I'm over-estimating the solo value of HN in this. Either way, it's impressive when you look at the small numbers of HN users and regular Redditors who took a stand on this and got results so fast. This is dirty democracy in action.
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