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What if they are telling the truth?

by ohashi 15y ago

seanp2k2 15y ago
Then that sucks for GoDaddy, but what I'm getting at is that they should make a call to GoDaddy engineering and say "Hey, what's up with this, are we being throttled or something?". The risk/benefit for this type of thing just doesn't work in favor of Namecheap. Posting what they did, if GoDaddy is indeed dragging their feet on purpose, they'll be able to say "we told you so!" which isn't worth much. If GoDaddy is NOT intentionally delaying this and GoDaddy comes out against this, Namecheap gets a lot of bad PR, and rightly so. If they just said "we're having issues with transfers in from GoDaddy right now, we've contacted them about the issue and are waiting to hear back, and we'll update you with any of their responses and/or progress on the matter", I'd be much more impressed. It seems that they're trying to kick GoDaddy while they're down instead of working to actually resolve the issue for their clients.
- commandar 15y ago
  Conversely, the mobs are already upset about bad behavior on GoDaddy's part. If Namecheap is right, this story gets even bigger and makes things even worse for GoDaddy. If they're wrong, well, everyone is pissed at GoDaddy anyway, so this angle fades quietly from view. I don't see the PR downside for Namecheap here.
samlev 15y ago
Then they're telling the truth. What if they're making assumptions with the same zeal for finding wrongdoing on GoDaddy's part as a hyperactive child has for finding more chocolate in the garden on easter? Justification for acting like a dick can't be post-dated. You are either justified in making statements like namecheap did, or you're publicly naming and shaming on an unproven hunch. Either namecheap should show their cards and say "we know they're slowing us down, and here's proof", or they should try to be a little bit more professional with their public statements. I know that this is an exciting time for everyone involved, but seriously, this is starting to play out like a school-yard drama.

What if they are telling the truth?

by ohashi 15y ago

What if they are telling the truth?

Then that sucks for GoDaddy, but what I'm getting at is that they should make a call to GoDaddy engineering and say "Hey, what's up with this, are we being throttled or something?". The risk/benefit for this type of thing just doesn't work in favor of Namecheap. Posting what they did, if GoDaddy is indeed dragging their feet on purpose, they'll be able to say "we told you so!" which isn't worth much. If GoDaddy is NOT intentionally delaying this and GoDaddy comes out against this, Namecheap gets a lot of bad PR, and rightly so. If they just said "we're having issues with transfers in from GoDaddy right now, we've contacted them about the issue and are waiting to hear back, and we'll update you with any of their responses and/or progress on the matter", I'd be much more impressed. It seems that they're trying to kick GoDaddy while they're down instead of working to actually resolve the issue for their clients.

commandar 15y ago
Conversely, the mobs are already upset about bad behavior on GoDaddy's part. If Namecheap is right, this story gets even bigger and makes things even worse for GoDaddy. If they're wrong, well, everyone is pissed at GoDaddy anyway, so this angle fades quietly from view. I don't see the PR downside for Namecheap here.

samlev 15y ago

Then they're telling the truth. What if they're making assumptions with the same zeal for finding wrongdoing on GoDaddy's part as a hyperactive child has for finding more chocolate in the garden on easter? Justification for acting like a dick can't be post-dated. You are either justified in making statements like namecheap did, or you're publicly naming and shaming on an unproven hunch. Either namecheap should show their cards and say "we know they're slowing us down, and here's proof", or they should try to be a little bit more professional with their public statements. I know that this is an exciting time for everyone involved, but seriously, this is starting to play out like a school-yard drama.