Mike_LowELL: Haha, owned. Stupid libs. GoDaddy just GoWned your ass.

They owned them by completely reversing their support for SOPA and actively opposing it? I hope the rest of the SOPA supporters decide to GoWn the liberals like that.

dehehn: Mike_LowELL: Haha, owned. Stupid libs. GoDaddy just GoWned your ass.

They owned them by completely reversing their support for SOPA and actively opposing it? I hope the rest of the SOPA supporters decide to GoWn the liberals like that.

Mike is by far the most subtle troll on fark.

But no boobies?

/Whar!
//Whar Danica Patrick boobies?

After they totally and completely gave into the demands of those moving their domains away from Go Daddy, they stopped losing domains?

This is shocking.

How about you look at the numbers before they totally and completely gave in? You know, back when they were still personally calling all their customers and begging them to stay.

Weren't there reports that GoDaddy was intentionally slowing down domain transfers? Would those losses have been included in their stats if they weren't transitioned over yet?

Could someone please summarize, VERY BRIEFLY, what the GoDaddy boycott would have been about? Some of us are clueless.

PizzaJedi81: Could someone please summarize, VERY BRIEFLY, what the GoDaddy boycott would have been about? Some of us are clueless.

Me godaddy. Me support SOPA
Me customer. Me don't support SOPA. Me move my domain to a godaddy competitior.


I think that's how it goes.

Britney Spear's Speculum: PizzaJedi81: Could someone please summarize, VERY BRIEFLY, what the GoDaddy boycott would have been about? Some of us are clueless.

Me godaddy. Me support SOPA
Me customer. Me don't support SOPA. Me move my domain to a godaddy competitior.


I think that's how it goes.

Ah...and, obviously, the newest step:

Me godaddy. Me don't support SOPA now.

PizzaJedi81: Britney Spear's Speculum: PizzaJedi81: Could someone please summarize, VERY BRIEFLY, what the GoDaddy boycott would have been about? Some of us are clueless.

Me godaddy. Me support SOPA
Me customer. Me don't support SOPA. Me move my domain to a godaddy competitior.


I think that's how it goes.

Ah...and, obviously, the newest step:

Me godaddy. Me don't support SOPA now.

Did they ever do more than say they didn't support it anymore, or did they actually withdraw their support?

/last I heard they were just sayin'

s1ugg0: dehehn: Mike_LowELL: Haha, owned. Stupid libs. GoDaddy just GoWned your ass.

They owned them by completely reversing their support for SOPA and actively opposing it? I hope the rest of the SOPA supporters decide to GoWn the liberals like that.

Mike is by far the most subtle troll on fark.

I still can't believe he gets as many as he does. Then again, I have dehehn marked as "responded seriously to Pocket Ninja," so take that as you will.

Mike_LowELL: Haha, owned. Stupid libs. GoDaddy just GoWned your ass.

Mike gets another point!

/when will people learn?

Who knows how many tried. Transferring domains from godaddy is a pain in the ass. I don't know anything about a boycott. I've just been moving my domains as they expire, because I'm tired of the constant upselling every time I log on and the fact that they jump on a clients domain days after it expired and now want a thousand dollars for it. Also, I'm tired of explaining to clients why the add-on they bought while registering a domain is worthless and will just cost them more money if I utilize it.

hawcian:

I still can't believe he gets as many as he does. Then again, I have dehehn marked as "responded seriously to Pocket Ninja," so take that as you will.

He'll switch back and forth depending on the thread and the mood he's in.

Knight of the Woeful Countenance: hawcian:

I still can't believe he gets as many as he does. Then again, I have dehehn marked as "responded seriously to Pocket Ninja," so take that as you will.

He'll switch back and forth depending on the thread and the mood he's in.

Oh dammit I just got it. The man really is a master... He was trolling the people who know Pocket Ninja is fake because PN is so popular as a fake troll.

Rezz`: Did they ever do more than say they didn't support it anymore, or did they actually withdraw their support?

/last I heard they were just sayin'

Wouldn't be surprised if they just said they stopped supporting it.

How can big internet corporations support this shiat?

Those aren't internal purchases, are they? They do that shiat all the time to pad numbers.

Phil Moskowitz: Those aren't internal purchases, are they? They do that shiat all the time to pad numbers.

I wouldn't mind padding Danica Patrick's numbers, if ya know what I mean, and I think you do.

Gecko Gingrich: So, they had X new customers and .5X existing customers leave. That doesn't prove much unless we know how many new customers they normally get and how many existing customers usually leave. If they normally get X and lose .25X, it's significant. If they normally get 2X, and lose .5X then it's significant.

Basically, if they normally get more and/or lose less, then it's significant.

Yeah, the only relevant thing is the change in transfers out.

PizzaJedi81: Could someone please summarize, VERY BRIEFLY, what the GoDaddy boycott would have been about? Some of us are clueless.

They supported SOPA. aka, the destroy user content bill.

PizzaJedi81: Phil Moskowitz: Those aren't internal purchases, are they? They do that shiat all the time to pad numbers.

I wouldn't mind padding Danica Patrick's numbers, if ya know what I mean, and I think you do.

It's dangerous to go alone take this,

Godaddy added them themselves since it was no secret people were leaving

HotIgneous Intruder: //Whar Danica Patrick boobies?

You know they still support it internally. They are specifically mentioned in the bill as being excluded from being shut down

Gecko Gingrich: So, they had X new customers and .5X existing customers leave. That doesn't prove much unless we know how many new customers they normally get and how many existing customers usually leave. If they normally get X and lose .25X, it's significant. If they normally get 2X, and lose .5X then it's significant.

Basically, if they normally get more and/or lose less, then it's significant.

This! Goddamn bad journalism/blogging

Context is needed!
Numbers are useless without it!

PizzaJedi81: Could someone please summarize, VERY BRIEFLY, what the GoDaddy boycott would have been about? Some of us are clueless.

It was Reddit's witchhunt of the week last week. It's completely blown over and forgotten about now.

HotIgneous Intruder: But no boobies?

/Whar!
//Whar Danica Patrick boobies?

Here ya go.....

noit: Who knows how many tried. Transferring domains from godaddy is a pain in the ass.

I'm still waiting for confirmation from GoDaddy for transferring my domain (started it last night, I'm guessing the holiday weekend had something to do with the delay).

I wonder how many of the transfers are 'pending' still.

so FTFA, the boycott stopped working only when they stopped boycotting it, because GoDaddy wisely relented. What the fark is the issue exactly?

I believe they are only counting domains pointed at the godaddy nameservers. Many more domains are pointed at their own servers.

I personally know a few large domain holders that transferred their entire portfolio of 1k-5k domains. Just like 20 or 30 people like that would be more than the numbers they are reporting. And they wouldnt be counted because their nameservers would be pointed at their own servers.

I could be wrong. But i think its a lot higher

Looks guys, no matter how many domains you buy from GoDaddy, you're no closer to having sex with any of their GoDaddy girls. It just doesn't work that way.

noit: Transferring domains from godaddy is a pain in the ass.

GoDaddy is like the "bad breaker-upper" on Seinfeld.

/finished my transfers yesterday

SUUUUUURE they did.

Mr_H: noit: Who knows how many tried. Transferring domains from godaddy is a pain in the ass.

I'm still waiting for confirmation from GoDaddy for transferring my domain (started it last night, I'm guessing the holiday weekend had something to do with the delay).

I wonder how many of the transfers are 'pending' still.

SOPA was the final straw for me. There are plenty of other reasons (see also, seclists.org) to go, but this was what I needed to finally get off my ass and switch. SOPA and PIPA are still the equivalent of hunting mosquitoes with Tsar Bomba.

I was already disengaging from GoDaddy anyway (I didn't renew hosting with them, and moved that hosted site to my own VPS elsewhere), but it's nice to have everything moved.

I transferred my domains to hover.com with only one minor snag: I have one .cc domain, and Hover's process for transferring .cc domains is not automated. For a .cc domain, you'll need to open a ticket and give them your authorization code - then they'll initiate the transfer.

My other domains went without a hitch. Make sure to log into your old GoDaddy account, go to your Transfers tab, and manually accept the transfers.

I'm definitely liking Hover's lack of sneaky bullshiat. Their control panel is straightforward with no nonsense, and they don't charge extra for private registrations.

Silly Subby, GoDaddy already reversed its stance on SOPA. I think the boycott worked before it happened (despite it being an utter "failure"). While the organization may have been lacking, it became very obvious to GoDaddy that they can't just go around spewing off at the mouth.

tedbundee: Silly Subby, GoDaddy already reversed its stance on SOPA

LOL

I can say I reversed my stance on SOPA too. Doesn't mean I have.

/It's called being 2 faced.
//I was rreversing my stance as on the SOPA when you were a sperm in your daddies balls.

Fubegra:
My other domains went without a hitch. Make sure to log into your old GoDaddy account, go to your Transfers tab, and manually accept the transfers.


I missed the manual acceptance button. Just finished the transfer this morning. Wooot.

MightyPez: Weren't there reports that GoDaddy was intentionally slowing down domain transfers? Would those losses have been included in their stats if they weren't transitioned over yet?

They are. On mine they unilaterally reversed the removal of the lock so when the transfer hit it couldn't be completed.

Then there was getting their friends at Domains by Proxy to recognize when I cancelled their service.

So far I only have 1/3 of my domains transferred, but they all have requests in process.

Of course they did. That is why they were so quick to change their stance on SOPA.

/facepalm

I will transfer out and get new domains elsewhere. But it's about the elephant shooting.

They lost wikipedia and imgur. Those aren't small sites.

GAT_00: and it accomplished the goal of getting them to change their mind officially about SOPA.

No, it didn't. It got them to say "Oh, yeah, we'll think about taking another look at that". They never officially changed their stance with Congress. It was all lip service for damage control. In fact, their lead council is still on record in her official capacity as being 100% for SOPA. She's still writing blog posts for the company extolling the virtues of that rancid piece of legislation.

fluffy2097: tedbundee: Silly Subby, GoDaddy already reversed its stance on SOPA

LOL

I can say I reversed my stance on SOPA too. Doesn't mean I have.

/It's called being 2 faced.
//I was rreversing my stance as on the SOPA when you were a sperm in your daddies balls.

Ah, but they wouldn't have even said they're reversing it if the boycott didn't have some impact.

As for the figures, the "transfer your domain day" was a cool idea, but it was kinda late; it was nearly a week after the news of GoDaddy's stance broke. I, for one, was moving my domain the next day.

Pelvic Splanchnic Ganglion: They never officially changed their stance with Congress. It was all lip service for damage control.

Actually, Congress released an updated list of supporters, and they're not on it. Neither are Nintendo or SCEA, oddly enough.

HeartBurnKid: Ah, but they wouldn't have even said they're reversing it if the boycott didn't have some impact.

lolololololololololololololol

They'll say anything they damn well please to make you believe whatever the hell they want. They're sociopaths. Wanting to shut people up is not the same as losing business. They know the internet has an attention span of 5 minutes.

Besides Godaddies bread and butter is hosting and up selling. That has nothing to do with domain names at all.

This is not hurting their bottom line. They want SOPA to pass so they get to steal domains from people and make money off them by putting up advertising instead. They would rape their own children if they think it would help their cause. Of course they'll say they "caved to reddit". That will make reddit instantly say "WE WON!" and promptly forget about it completely.