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Thank you. Agreed. He fed a village (or more), saved the crop, and it looks like the people there find this to be a noble act. Our U.S. grocery stores have s

by dpcan 16y ago

Thank you. Agreed. He fed a village (or more), saved the crop, and it looks like the people there find this to be a noble act. Our U.S. grocery stores have stock piles of meat stacked in open refrigerators, butchered behind closed doors. Animals are fed and bred to be slaughtered so we can have a juicy burger and fries. Out of sight out of mind I guess. Now... MAYBE the CEO of a hugely popular brand should not have participated in such an activity and filmed it for sake of his company, employees and customers, but I'm certainly not moving my domains over this. There are probably employees there that don't like what he did either, but I'm not going to punish them for the actions of 1.

StavrosK 16y ago
> I'm certainly not moving my domains over this. Me neither. I'm moving my domains because this reminded me of the silent, seething rage I have for Bob Parson's face. When I go to a site that registers and manages domains, I don't want to see your face. I also don't want to see ads about how great your company is. When I buy a domain, I don't want to wade through five pages of bullshit you put up in the hopes that I won't notice some default or will misclick somewhere and inadvertently buy your useless services. I just want to register and manage my fucking domains. Seriously, GoDaddy is the expertsexchange of domains.
- erreon 16y ago
  Just out of curiosity where are you going to move your domains? I own just over 30 domains all at GoDaddy and I'd move them over the massive amounts of cross selling and insanely cluttered UI.
  - vladd 16y ago
    Namecheap offers a 4.99 USD transfer special using the "byebyeGD" coupon code, valid until 11:59pm EST 1st of April 2011: http://community.namecheap.com/blog/2011/03/30/elephants/ http://community.namecheap.com/blog/2011/03/30/elephants/
    - chair6 16y ago
      ... and just emailed me, as an existing Namecheap customer, letting me know that I can help save the elephants. Nice fast-move marketing. :) "It's not often that we would disagree publicly with a competitor, but we at Namecheap are very disturbed by this video of a competitor killing an elephant for sport. Check out the ABC News Report (Warning: Very Graphic!) We've decided to throw our support behind our Elephant friends by offering domain transfers at a price where we actually lose money. Show your protest by saying BYEBYEGD again and transfer your domains to Namecheap for $4.99 for the next 24 hours through 11:59pm EST on 3/31/11 (limit 10 per user, valid for all com/net/org domains). On top of that, we'll donate $1 for each transfer to Save The Elephants at http://www.savetheelephants.org/ http://www.savetheelephants.org/ Use coupon code BYEBYEGD and let's help the Elephants together! Regards, Team Namecheap"
      - kolektiv 16y ago
        NameCheap are an ex-client (obvious disclaimer) back when they were a lot smaller than they are these days. They were a decent bunch and while always on the ball with marketing, I can imagine there being some genuine feeling behind this - they weren't the type to stick branded caps on African villagers, that's for sure.
  - apsurd 16y ago
    I use dreamhost which sells domains at 10 bucks with automatic private registration. But dreamhost only sells .com, .net, and .us I believe. For the others I use name.com Honestly I haven't done enough research, but I completely agree with the OP. I'd rather pay double than to have to sift through godaddys utter bullshit of a UI.
    - andfarm 16y ago
      We're currently taking registrations under COM/NET (Verisign) and ORG/INFO (Afilias). US is a third, separate registry (NeuStar), and we aren't currently a registrar for them.
  - edash 16y ago
    I'm slowly moving all my domains to Name.com. Once your account is setup and you've purchased one domain, all future domain purchases take a grand total of two clicks.
  - StavrosK 16y ago
    I like gandi quite a lot, it's simple and reliable.
    - eklovlfjkeos 16y ago
      I second that.
  - jjcm 16y ago
    Copied from one of my previous comments in an old thread: http://name.com http://name.com I've used godaddy, namecheap, and 1&1, but ended up switching all my domains to name.com. One of the best interfaces I've used as it doesn't try to abstract the DNS records from you. That was one of my biggest issues with 1&1 and godaddy - their interface made it so that I never knew exactly what my DNS settings were, just what the spoon-fed messages that I was given told me. The only "abstracted" thing that they do is provide a one-click solution for setting the dns entries for google apps (which you can still manually edit, as they appear in your DNS records). Here's some screenshots of the backend: http://i.imgur.com/F5j5m.jpg http://i.imgur.com/F5j5m.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rx3uq.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rx3uq.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vGwwz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vGwwz.jpg Seriously, try it. I liked them so much that I paid to have my other domains transfered to them. That alone should show you how much I enjoy it over the others I've tried.
  - __david__ 16y ago
    I've been moving my domains (one by one as they expire) over to dynadot.com. So far I'm very happy--they have a much better interface and no annoying upsell junk during checkout. I've heard they have a less powerful DNS interface but I run my own DNS servers so I've never noticed.
  - Figs 16y ago
    I've had good experiences with Hover.
- visakhcr 16y ago
  Well, did u by any chance mean expert sex change??
  - visakhcr 16y ago
    well, that was supposed to be joke and u guys are downvoting!!!
citricsquid 16y ago
Yes, it seems a large number of people are comparing our own countries way of life to the way of life in another country. We might go and admire elephants in zoos, but for some countries they're a PITA. Some people might think the way we (the "west") exterminate cock roaches and stuff is bs. Different cultures etc.
andre 16y ago
And there are already too many elephants in South Africa: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7700606 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7700606
- malvim 16y ago
  That might well be true, but is it not Zimbabwe we're talking about here? I know they're neighbors, but that doesn't mean they face the same exact problems.
technomancy 16y ago
> I'm certainly not moving my domains over this. Godaddy's got plenty of other atrocities higher on my list, like the usability of their web panel.
kreek 16y ago
It's not the hunting that offends me. It's the GoDaddy hats during the slaughter.
- dpcan 16y ago
  The butcher at my grocery store wears a coat with the company name on it while he grounds up my hamburger.
  - kreek 16y ago
    That's cool, so does mine, and I have zero problem with that. However, GoDaddy is not it the elephant butchering business. Slapping their hats on people butchering an elephant strikes me as a crass marketing attempt (even for them).
    - dpcan 16y ago
      That's a good point. But do you think they knew that this was going to happen when they handed out the hats?
mhd 16y ago
While I agree that this certainly isn't the worst action of a CEO ever (nor this year or probably this day), I can understand the outrage a bit. First of all, controlling your public image is a good idea, most of the time. Unless you want to go totally over the top and take it too a Donal Trump level. Hunting probably belongs in the same class as politics, religion and sexuality: Don't talk about it too much. Second, it's hunting in Africa. Trying to look like you're the protector of a poor village there is going to bring back things like the "White Man's Burden" into the mind of people reading and watching this. Not a good idea, part deux. Never mind that shooting elephants is a last-ditch effort. As far as I know there are lots of other ways to drive them off, maybe not as easy (and "entertaining") as just shooting them. On the other hand, it's the GoDaddy CEO. Not exactly a brand with a good publicity anyway, and they barely need it. Enough people go there because they like to save money and/or don't know any competitors. Regarding needs for good publicity, they're probably somewhere between McDonalds and Monsanto.
- jonhendry 16y ago
  And it's supporting the government of Zimbabwe, some of the worst on the continent.
illumin8 16y ago
I found it somewhat ironic that the villagers standing around cutting meat off the elephant seemed to do more damage by trampling the crops than the elephants did. Look at the last part of the video... between the elephants, hunters, and the entire village fighting over the meat, the poor farmers crops don't stand a chance.

by dpcan 16y ago

StavrosK 16y ago

> I'm certainly not moving my domains over this. Me neither. I'm moving my domains because this reminded me of the silent, seething rage I have for Bob Parson's face. When I go to a site that registers and manages domains, I don't want to see your face. I also don't want to see ads about how great your company is. When I buy a domain, I don't want to wade through five pages of bullshit you put up in the hopes that I won't notice some default or will misclick somewhere and inadvertently buy your useless services. I just want to register and manage my fucking domains. Seriously, GoDaddy is the expertsexchange of domains.

erreon 16y ago
Just out of curiosity where are you going to move your domains? I own just over 30 domains all at GoDaddy and I'd move them over the massive amounts of cross selling and insanely cluttered UI.
- vladd 16y ago
  Namecheap offers a 4.99 USD transfer special using the "byebyeGD" coupon code, valid until 11:59pm EST 1st of April 2011: http://community.namecheap.com/blog/2011/03/30/elephants/ http://community.namecheap.com/blog/2011/03/30/elephants/
  - chair6 16y ago
    ... and just emailed me, as an existing Namecheap customer, letting me know that I can help save the elephants. Nice fast-move marketing. :) "It's not often that we would disagree publicly with a competitor, but we at Namecheap are very disturbed by this video of a competitor killing an elephant for sport. Check out the ABC News Report (Warning: Very Graphic!) We've decided to throw our support behind our Elephant friends by offering domain transfers at a price where we actually lose money. Show your protest by saying BYEBYEGD again and transfer your domains to Namecheap for $4.99 for the next 24 hours through 11:59pm EST on 3/31/11 (limit 10 per user, valid for all com/net/org domains). On top of that, we'll donate $1 for each transfer to Save The Elephants at http://www.savetheelephants.org/ http://www.savetheelephants.org/ Use coupon code BYEBYEGD and let's help the Elephants together! Regards, Team Namecheap"
    - kolektiv 16y ago
      NameCheap are an ex-client (obvious disclaimer) back when they were a lot smaller than they are these days. They were a decent bunch and while always on the ball with marketing, I can imagine there being some genuine feeling behind this - they weren't the type to stick branded caps on African villagers, that's for sure.
- apsurd 16y ago
  I use dreamhost which sells domains at 10 bucks with automatic private registration. But dreamhost only sells .com, .net, and .us I believe. For the others I use name.com Honestly I haven't done enough research, but I completely agree with the OP. I'd rather pay double than to have to sift through godaddys utter bullshit of a UI.
  - andfarm 16y ago
    We're currently taking registrations under COM/NET (Verisign) and ORG/INFO (Afilias). US is a third, separate registry (NeuStar), and we aren't currently a registrar for them.
- edash 16y ago
  I'm slowly moving all my domains to Name.com. Once your account is setup and you've purchased one domain, all future domain purchases take a grand total of two clicks.
- StavrosK 16y ago
  I like gandi quite a lot, it's simple and reliable.
  - eklovlfjkeos 16y ago
    I second that.
- jjcm 16y ago
  Copied from one of my previous comments in an old thread: http://name.com http://name.com I've used godaddy, namecheap, and 1&1, but ended up switching all my domains to name.com. One of the best interfaces I've used as it doesn't try to abstract the DNS records from you. That was one of my biggest issues with 1&1 and godaddy - their interface made it so that I never knew exactly what my DNS settings were, just what the spoon-fed messages that I was given told me. The only "abstracted" thing that they do is provide a one-click solution for setting the dns entries for google apps (which you can still manually edit, as they appear in your DNS records). Here's some screenshots of the backend: http://i.imgur.com/F5j5m.jpg http://i.imgur.com/F5j5m.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rx3uq.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rx3uq.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vGwwz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vGwwz.jpg Seriously, try it. I liked them so much that I paid to have my other domains transfered to them. That alone should show you how much I enjoy it over the others I've tried.
- __david__ 16y ago
  I've been moving my domains (one by one as they expire) over to dynadot.com. So far I'm very happy--they have a much better interface and no annoying upsell junk during checkout. I've heard they have a less powerful DNS interface but I run my own DNS servers so I've never noticed.
- Figs 16y ago
  I've had good experiences with Hover.
visakhcr 16y ago
Well, did u by any chance mean expert sex change??
- visakhcr 16y ago
  well, that was supposed to be joke and u guys are downvoting!!!

citricsquid 16y ago

Yes, it seems a large number of people are comparing our own countries way of life to the way of life in another country. We might go and admire elephants in zoos, but for some countries they're a PITA. Some people might think the way we (the "west") exterminate cock roaches and stuff is bs. Different cultures etc.

andre 16y ago

And there are already too many elephants in South Africa: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7700606 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7700606

malvim 16y ago
That might well be true, but is it not Zimbabwe we're talking about here? I know they're neighbors, but that doesn't mean they face the same exact problems.

technomancy 16y ago

> I'm certainly not moving my domains over this. Godaddy's got plenty of other atrocities higher on my list, like the usability of their web panel.

kreek 16y ago

It's not the hunting that offends me. It's the GoDaddy hats during the slaughter.

dpcan 16y ago
The butcher at my grocery store wears a coat with the company name on it while he grounds up my hamburger.
- kreek 16y ago
  That's cool, so does mine, and I have zero problem with that. However, GoDaddy is not it the elephant butchering business. Slapping their hats on people butchering an elephant strikes me as a crass marketing attempt (even for them).
  - dpcan 16y ago
    That's a good point. But do you think they knew that this was going to happen when they handed out the hats?

mhd 16y ago

While I agree that this certainly isn't the worst action of a CEO ever (nor this year or probably this day), I can understand the outrage a bit. First of all, controlling your public image is a good idea, most of the time. Unless you want to go totally over the top and take it too a Donal Trump level. Hunting probably belongs in the same class as politics, religion and sexuality: Don't talk about it too much. Second, it's hunting in Africa. Trying to look like you're the protector of a poor village there is going to bring back things like the "White Man's Burden" into the mind of people reading and watching this. Not a good idea, part deux. Never mind that shooting elephants is a last-ditch effort. As far as I know there are lots of other ways to drive them off, maybe not as easy (and "entertaining") as just shooting them. On the other hand, it's the GoDaddy CEO. Not exactly a brand with a good publicity anyway, and they barely need it. Enough people go there because they like to save money and/or don't know any competitors. Regarding needs for good publicity, they're probably somewhere between McDonalds and Monsanto.

jonhendry 16y ago
And it's supporting the government of Zimbabwe, some of the worst on the continent.

illumin8 16y ago

I found it somewhat ironic that the villagers standing around cutting meat off the elephant seemed to do more damage by trampling the crops than the elephants did. Look at the last part of the video... between the elephants, hunters, and the entire village fighting over the meat, the poor farmers crops don't stand a chance.