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Cheezburger Dumping GoDaddy over SOPA
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- smokeyj 15y agoWhy is this relevant?
- noonespecial 15y agoCheezburger is a perfect example of a company that has a lot to lose from SOPA. Its a site full of parodies and humor often directed against large brands. I expect that there are many people who would jump the the chance to make Cheezburger vanish from the web.
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- tansey 15y agoThey are threatening to dump them, they haven't officially done it yet.
- smokeyj 15y agoMoney: the only vote that matters! We're not consumers, we're investors. Investing in socially irresponsible corporations such as GoDaddy is no longer acceptable, and as a community we need to perfect the art of boycotting. I would love to see a corporate "social-responsibility" wiki that let's people track corporate behavior. If we can make it easy to see what causes we support as consumers, the quicker we can rid the market of these parasites.
- jaysonelliot 15y agoThe fact that Cheezburger didn't dump GoDaddy over any of the scandals in the past, from their rampant sexism to elephant slaughter, bothers me. I'm glad to see them taking this sort-of-a-stand right now, but they're not actually dumping GoDaddy over SOPA, they're only threatening to unless GoDaddy recants their support. GoDaddy has already done the damage. If they were to recant their support now, the Congressmen in favor of SOPA could just dismiss it as folding under economic pressure, and still cite GoDaddy's original support as relevant. I'd much rather see Cheezburger just dump them and be done with it.
- dhughes 15y agoApparently owner Ben is a bit of a dick http://gawker.com/5488509/inside-the-low+paying-cheezburger-empire http://gawker.com/5488509/inside-the-low+paying-cheezburger-...
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- paulgb 15y agoTheir main complaint is that the company pays slightly better than minimum wage? This smacks of Gawker just being sensationalist, especially when they themselves hire unpaid interns: http://gawker.com/5437382/come-intern-for-free-at-gawker-so-we-can-teach-you-how-to-be-like-us http://gawker.com/5437382/come-intern-for-free-at-gawker-so-...
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- phillco 15y ago> The fact that Cheezburger didn't dump GoDaddy over any of the scandals in the past, from their rampant sexism to elephant slaughter, bothers me. SOPA is urgent; sexism isn't. You're right, there are many other reasons to drop GoDaddy, but this is the only one that has clear incentive to be done right now. > If they were to recant their support now, the Congressmen in favor of SOPA could just dismiss it as folding under economic pressure, and still cite GoDaddy's original support as relevant. The fact that they pulled out because their customers blackmailed them over hatred for the bill seems relevant, especially since they're trying to make the argument that SOPA helps business. But, I'm not a congressmen and don't think like one.
- darkxanthos 15y agoI work for Cheezburger. Believe me when I say we are very serious and the wheels are in motion.
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- vaksel 15y agowith 1000 domains, it has to be an empty threat, it's a pain in the ass to move one domain at a time, I can just imagine doing that 1000 times. I know some vendors offer bulk domain transfer, but I'd imagine the complicated bit would still be there(i.e. confirming the authorization code and confirming domain ownership with the confirmation codes) Or is that wrong and there is a way to move domains without confirming?
- jaysonelliot 15y agoI moved about 90 domains from GoDaddy to NameCheap when Bob Parsons was reveling in elephant slaughter, and it was remarkably easy. I don't remember the details of the situation, but I do remember NameCheap being incredibly helpful in making it as painless as possible.
- viraptor 15y agoI guess there's some amount of domains where it stops being your problem and becomes the new provider's problem, because you're a good deal for them. Not sure if 1000 is a high enough number, but it might be... Kind of like a difference between "could you help me with those 10 packs of drinks?" and "I'd like a truck load of drinks from you, how will you make this happen?"
- mark_l_watson 15y agoA small datapoint: I moved 6 of my domains off of GoDaddy last night: incredibly easy. A small cost, but I feel OK about that. Even without scripting it, I bet I could move 1000 domains in one day of work.
- Bud 15y agoTo me, it is embarrassing that techies did not dump GoDaddy LONG ago, for their sophomoric and incredibly sexist advertising. This backlash is long overdue.
- pork 15y agoThat didn't bother me as much as the elephant hunts, to be honest.
- jQueryIsAwesome 15y agoLets get real here please, you eat (or at least the average human) 5+ cows in his lifetime and that kind of elephants are not an endangered specie.
- pork 15y agoThat's utterly irrelevant. I find elephants in the wild beautiful, worthy of protection, and not as far from endangered as you think. It's my personal opinion to find elephant hunters equivalent to scumsucking reprobates, and to direct my dollars away from their businesses. By your logic, we should all universally also have no issue with hunting dogs or cats or really any goddamn animal not on the brink of extinction.
- jQueryIsAwesome 15y agoYes, that is correct. It is wrong to not give cats and dogs special privileges because they are prettier and more easily domesticated? Plus, it was an isolated decision of a member of godaddy, there was no meeting at godaddy to decide the killing of the elephant.
- jaysonelliot 15y agoNot a member, but the CEO. His actions should absolutely reflect on GoDaddy as a whole.
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- powerfulninja 15y agoI just xfered all 12 of my domains I had with godaddy. I know 12 isn't a lot but every little bit helps.