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Offline Lazybones

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GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« on: December 22, 2011, 09:41:36 PM »
http://boingboing.net/2011/12/22/godaddy-supports-sopa-custome.html

Thought this would be interesting to post since although SOPA is a US bill it impacts the entire internet..
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2011, 10:14:23 PM »
Yeah, I haven't exactly had a great opinion of GoDaddy to begin with. I think now I'll be transferring all 11 of my domains away.
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2011, 06:30:20 AM »
Yes please do so, GoDaddy is bad enough WITHOUT the pro-SOPA stance...
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2011, 09:18:45 AM »
Here's the full list of SOPA supporters:
http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/22/list-of-sopa-supporters/
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2011, 09:35:25 AM »
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2011, 09:47:59 AM »
Yes, I shall have to leave the X-Men and join the Justice League.
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2011, 10:07:05 AM »
Interesting, I just got an email from GoDaddy for a 30% off cupon code. Now that doesn't sound special, I get emails /like/ that all the time from Godaddy, except for one difference. It doesn't have any really gotchas, like "You have to spend $50 or more!" Its just a straight 30% off new registrations of .COM, .ORG, .NET, .BIZ, and.US domains. Interesting timing. I know, correlation does not imply causation, but still, interesting timing.
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2011, 10:10:58 AM »
I suspect they are fully in panic mode right now
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2011, 10:15:23 AM »
Quote from: Mr. Analog on December 23, 2011, 10:10:58 AM
I suspect they are fully in panic mode right now
So far the response has been more like "We haven't seen any real effect, blah blah blah". When I see a 30% or more off sale on renewals as well, and /soon/, then I'll think they've started panicking.
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2011, 10:22:54 AM »
My inbox has had at least one Christmas / Boxing Day sale offer in it each day this week.. I would not read into that offer too much.
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2011, 10:28:28 AM »
Quote from: Lazybones on December 23, 2011, 10:22:54 AM
My inbox has had at least one Christmas / Boxing Day sale offer in it each day this week.. I would not read into that offer too much.
Indeed. But this isn't a christmas/boxing day sale. And it doesn't have the usual limitations (must spend X amount of money). I do agree though, its too early to read into it too much. Now if they bring out another one that isn't holiday oriented and gives deals on renewals and other things, then I'll think they are starting to fidget.
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2011, 11:48:48 AM »
Quote from: Mr. Analog on December 23, 2011, 10:10:58 AM
I suspect they are fully in panic mode right now

If they are, I also suspect they're trying really hard not to look like they're in panic mode.

Man, I didn't realize there were so many GoDaddy resellers.  You really have to do research to make sure your money's not going to GoDaddy through a funnel.  Kinda like the shell game.
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2011, 12:13:12 PM »
Quote from: Thorin on December 23, 2011, 11:48:48 AM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on December 23, 2011, 10:10:58 AM
I suspect they are fully in panic mode right now

If they are, I also suspect they're trying really hard not to look like they're in panic mode.

Man, I didn't realize there were so many GoDaddy resellers.  You really have to do research to make sure your money's not going to GoDaddy through a funnel.  Kinda like the shell game.
Not just resellers, but GoDaddy has alternate personalities. Look for a "Star" in their logo's just like GoDaddy has.

But here's some news: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/victory-boycott-forces-godaddy-to-drop-its-support-for-sopa.ars

GoDaddy dropped it's support like a rock.
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2011, 12:21:02 PM »
I saw something like this coming, brand image is about the only thing GoDaddy has going for it, I suspect lots of painful meetings happened there this morning...
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Re: GoDaddy supports SOPA, customers take business elsewhere
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