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“It’s Time to Give GoDaddy a Break”

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I agree, not only because they're terrible overall, but because one result of the fact that we haven't been quick to forgive GoDaddy is that Nintendo, Sony, and EA have quietly removed themselves from the SOPA supporter list as well.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-largest-game-companies-in...

Bad luck for GoDaddy that they've become the sacrificial lamb, but SOPA is now a toxic bill because of it.

I've had numerous domains with godaddy over the years. I switched them due to the SOPA support as did many others, but over many years and many domains I was always happy with the company's service and (if you ignore the upselling) their customer service was always really, really good, IME.

As much as I think they brought this on themselves and don't really deserve a whole lot of pity, I do think a lot of people (some of whom probably never used godaddy and are basing their 'knowledge' on the pitchfork wielding mob) are now piling-on a bit.

I've been trying to say the same thing for a while and this is the first time I've heard anyone else voice a similar opinion. I'm pretty sure your very reasonable, rational comment will end up grayed out to the point of invisibility at the bottom of these comments pretty soon though. Call me a cynic but I've just seen far too much groupthink surrounding the GoDaddy issue lately to hope anyone would see the grounded rationality in the opinion you just shared.

Very much agree with this. It's funny how almost every blog post or comment about moving away from GoDaddy starts with 'we've been talking about moving away for a while.' Everyone was sick of their constant upsells for useless things and their terrible interface.

For me, SOPA support was really just what finally got moving away from GoDaddy up to the top of the priority list. At this point GoDaddy can say whatever they want about SOPA, I'm leaving because they have a terrible a product.

Agreed. Beyond all the terrible things they've done, they suck as a registrar. I'm never using them again in favor of Name.com.

I agree. They lost me as a customer, forever for the same reasons. Fool me once...

I do not think now is the time to cut GoDaddy a break at all. If anything, this sort of action should be taken on other companies who choose to have such adamant support of SOPA.

I transferred my domain names from GoDaddy to Namecheap a while ago so I couldn't partake in the mass transferring of recent, however, I would have if I had any registered.

Besides their stance on SOPA, there's also those heartless commercials they've aired. If a company is going to retain my business, they should act appropriate in public.

Speaking of misleading, awesome link-bait title.

Viewed on Marco's blog, the title is a direct link to the Mashable article of the same name.

I thought I was going to have to comment on HN basically with the verbatim text of the post, until I clicked through and read it.

The guy from Mashable sounds like a terrible GoDaddy fanboy. And yes, it makes perfect sense that when a company has customers that it should be trying to make happy, goes off and does something very few of them would have agreed with, they should feel the economic repercussions ( we are supposed to be a free economy.) and do not in any way deserve a break. I'll be glad when my transfer finishes.

I agree that GoDaddy should be given a break. Not because I like them, but because I hate internet mob bullying in general. They've been kicked to the ground by the baying mob, and have said they're sorry.

I don't feel bad about what's happening to GoDaddy. They've profited handsomely from the internet community as a whole over the years as arguably the most popular registrar. They deserve to fail as a company for their support of SOPA.

No breaks due. They back pedaled after making a stupid or uninformed decision - a decision they would not have changed if their customers hadn't hammered them.

A Christoforology filled with big crocodile tears.

It looks like Mashable, the source of Marco's link, also uses GoDaddy:

   Registered through: Go Daddy
   Domain Name: MASHABLE.COM

Yet the author of the article, Todd Wasserman, states in the comments:

"No. I don’t know who we use, but that had no bearing on this whatsoever."

Hmmm...

Godaddy is a scam. Fuck Godaddy.

Easy to sign up. Impossible to unsubscribe.

Down with Godaddy.

I had domains with GoDaddy and register.com. I always thought of the latter as more legit - they upsell a bit less, they have a cleaner interface, etc - they're more expensive but I was ok with that given the interface was better.

Well, when I transferred my domains from GoDaddy to DNSimple, they provided the authorisation codes immediately. There were a few hiccups along the process, but nothing that seemed deliberate.

Fortified by my success with transferring domains from evil GoDaddy, I started the process with register.com. Well, turns out they arbitrarily impose a 4-5 days delay just to get the authorisation code so that you can start the process.

Turns out GoDaddy is not the most scummy registrar.

uhhhh, how so? Their upselling is questionable (although as long as you never select an option you'll have no problems) as it misleads "naive" consumers, but impossible to unsubscribe? I often cancel domains and other products with them, I've never had a problem. What's the problem you've had?

I would say their user interface was designed to be a maze which is extremely difficult for the average user to figure out. Nothing was technically impossible once I found out the convoluted way to do it, but the design is no accident and many laymen just give up trying to leave or cancel.

It's impossible to delete your account with Godaddy, that's probably what he's referring to.

Who has been saying that we should give them a break?

http://mashable.com/2011/12/30/its-time-to-give-godaddy-a-br...

the guy at Mashable

Even before any of this SOPA stuff I was leery of GoDaddy. Lots of competitors provide plenty of the similar pricing but (seemingly) better service.

I know people who've had issue with their hosting, and more.

It just gave me another reason to not use them.

The original Mashable article makes a great point. The guy makes a totally reasonable argument and I agree. Let's get off GoDaddy already. It sucks that you can't share this opinion around here without qualifying that you hate GoDaddy and SOPA first (which I really do). There really is a strong tendency toward groupthink on the GoDaddy issue as well as a lack of reason. Yes, GoDaddy sucks for a lot of reasons. We've talked about it, said our piece. It's over now. Give it a rest. There is absolutely nothing we can say about GoDaddy now that will get us any closer to defeating SOPA.

FWIW I've used them for SSL certs. I've had to call support a couple of times, and both times their support was outstanding... I mean surprisingly ridiculously good.

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