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Agreed. Whilst I agree with making a stand against GoDaddy, all of the effort going into the Anti-GoDaddy campaign could probably be better spent directly at S

Agreed. Whilst I agree with making a stand against GoDaddy, all of the effort going into the Anti-GoDaddy campaign could probably be better spent directly at SOPA.

danssig 15y ago
I strongly disagree. Anyone and everyone is already spending lots of effort opposing SOPA. If a company that supports SOPA would suddenly go out of business (one can dream) that would send a vastly bigger message than a bunch of useless online polls and blog posts.
- redguava 15y ago
  I hope you are right. It just seems like the focus is too far shifted to GoDaddy currently.
- shoeless 15y ago
  I believe the goal is not to see GoDaddy go out of business, but instead reverse it's stance on SOPA. And quickly.
  - drivingmenuts 15y ago
    Probably won't happen. The head guy at GoDaddy is right-wing and is outspoken enough not to work against what he sees as his own interests. At best, it will probably turn out like the issue at Whole Foods, formerly as seen as a very left-wing-friendly food store. The CEO gave a right-wing statement on some social policy legislation and got excoriated for his view. Eventually, after enough flaming, he backed down on the statement, but his views didn't change, just the official company line. Call it cynicism or whatever, but I don't think Bob Parsons is capable of a real change of heart on this matter unless it seriously affects his pocketbook, and even then, he would be a wolf in sheep's clothing.
bradleyland 15y ago
I expressed the same sentiment elsewhere [1] and the results have been interesting. Some responses were ideological, but no one really addressees the core point: there's an awful lot of effort going in to targeting GoDaddy, which is a proxy for the issue. It seems that the latent distaste for GoDaddy is driving people to conflate the two issues: 1) GoDaddy is a pretty scabby company in general, 2) we shouldn't support companies that support SOPA. Then all of the sudden GoDaddy stands alone as the fall guy. 1 - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3382911 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3382911

Agreed. Whilst I agree with making a stand against GoDaddy, all of the effort going into the Anti-GoDaddy campaign could probably be better spent directly at SOPA.

danssig 15y ago

I strongly disagree. Anyone and everyone is already spending lots of effort opposing SOPA. If a company that supports SOPA would suddenly go out of business (one can dream) that would send a vastly bigger message than a bunch of useless online polls and blog posts.

redguava 15y ago
I hope you are right. It just seems like the focus is too far shifted to GoDaddy currently.
shoeless 15y ago
I believe the goal is not to see GoDaddy go out of business, but instead reverse it's stance on SOPA. And quickly.
- drivingmenuts 15y ago
  Probably won't happen. The head guy at GoDaddy is right-wing and is outspoken enough not to work against what he sees as his own interests. At best, it will probably turn out like the issue at Whole Foods, formerly as seen as a very left-wing-friendly food store. The CEO gave a right-wing statement on some social policy legislation and got excoriated for his view. Eventually, after enough flaming, he backed down on the statement, but his views didn't change, just the official company line. Call it cynicism or whatever, but I don't think Bob Parsons is capable of a real change of heart on this matter unless it seriously affects his pocketbook, and even then, he would be a wolf in sheep's clothing.

bradleyland 15y ago

I expressed the same sentiment elsewhere [1] and the results have been interesting. Some responses were ideological, but no one really addressees the core point: there's an awful lot of effort going in to targeting GoDaddy, which is a proxy for the issue. It seems that the latent distaste for GoDaddy is driving people to conflate the two issues: 1) GoDaddy is a pretty scabby company in general, 2) we shouldn't support companies that support SOPA. Then all of the sudden GoDaddy stands alone as the fall guy. 1 - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3382911 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3382911