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> GoDaddy's ads basically communicate "We're sketchy and lowbrow." And, typically speaking, I want neither of those things in a domain registry service. Exactl
by luriel 15y ago
> GoDaddy's ads basically communicate "We're sketchy and lowbrow." And, typically speaking, I want neither of those things in a domain registry service.
Exactly!
The popularity of such extremely sketchy registrars is disturbing, of course most registrars are more or less sketchy, but there almost seems to be correlation between popularity and sketchiness in this field, and I can't figure out why.
- ma2rten 15y agoI think most people don't really care who registers their domain for them. They just use the first one that comes to their mind.
- derefr 15y ago> there almost seems to be correlation between popularity and sketchiness in this field, and I can't figure out why Domains are a commodity; people want them cheap. Expensive things signal high status—so, conversely, low-status things signal cheapness.