Go Daddy Loses Over 21,000 Domains In One Day

First time accepted submitter expo53d writes "CNET reports that yesterday 21,054 domains were pulled off Domaincontrol.com, a subsidiary of GoDaddy. While this maybe a coincidence, it is likely to be caused by GoDaddy's controversial support for SOPA. It seems that GoDaddy's attempts at remedying the problem were of no use."

Comments

Re:so uh why they'd support it?

[Stradenko]

Government regulation of an industry increases the cost of entry for new competition. Established business will support something that gives them that kind of edge.

Democracy.

[TehNoobTrumpet]

Voting with your wallets is much more effective then the fake choice presented in elections. Hopefully, people will finally realize that in today's world, it's the best way to start making a difference.

Re:Democracy.

[Anonymous Coward]

good thing everyone has the same number of votes in their wallets.

democracy.

Re:Democracy.

[Anonymous Coward]

Voting with your wallets is much more effective then the fake choice presented in elections. Hopefully, people will finally realize that in today's world, it's the best way to start making a difference.

No. You do both. My New Year wish for the world is actually that also Americans would bother to turn up and vote at an election. Instead of giving up before even trying, and by that handing the control over to the people who do bother. And if the result shouldn't be perfect the first time, you turn up even stronger next time. The politicans who want to keep their seat will start to get the message.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. ~Aristotle
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~George Jean Nathan
I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it. ~Alexander Woollcott
People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing. ~Walter H. Judd

Their "remedy" is to support it from the shadows.

[Anonymous Coward]

I can only hope that when more and more special interests begin to require that their support of some law mustn't be made public, the politicians taking the money stop for a second and think about what the hell they're doing.

BWHAHAA. As if! Man, sometimes I kill myself.

Carry on, corrupt entities.

Re:Very good point!

[rgbrenner]

GoDaddy has NOT withdrawn its official congressional support for SOPA

That's great... Yesterday, I figured I'll just leave my 15 domains there since they backed off their support.. but apparently only in words.

The way I see it, GoDaddy should be happy people are leaving.. if you run a site that has any user content, SOPA will mean you'll have to shut it down anyway.

godaddy + sopa support = one less godaddy domain
sopa passes = one less godaddy domain

So they're getting what they want either way. They should be happy.

Re:Very good point!

[Anonymous Coward]

Yesterday, I figured I'll just leave my 15 domains there since they backed off their support.. but apparently only in words.

No offense, but this is an example of how gullible people can be and how easy it can be to manipulate them. Say some pretty words and people will continue mindlessly giving you money to erode their own freedoms with. I wish more people understood the ideas behind public relations and marketing. But let's go over it again: you can't trust what corporations say to you. They will always make statements that stand to gain them the most favor, whether the statements are true or not.

One has to actually use one's brain a little. Why would GoDaddy support SOPA, and then less than 24 hours later NOT support it? Do you think it's because they all changed their minds over there for some reason? Do you think they learned something new about SOPA they didn't know before? Or is it because they saw a pending backlash on the internet and wanted to release a bullshit statement that would satiate the docile among us? Do you really think they "backed off their support"? This is not difficult to figure out with a little bit of thought.

Re:Very good point!

[SlithyMagister]

They will always make statements that stand to gain them the most favor, whether the statements are true or not.

You're close. Corporations say and do that which will gain them the most money. They exist solely for the purpose of returning value to their shareholders.
If currying favour with the general public will gain them money, then they will do that. However, if pissing off the 90% will help them mine hordes of cash from the pockets of the other 10%, they will gladly do so.

Corporations are not moral entities -- they are devoid of conscience. Even the individuals who comprise the corporation must give secondary consideration to moral issues where they conflict with the primary purpose of making money.

Corporations must never consider an individual's circumstances -- not customers', not employees' nor even individual shareholders' -- all are subject to the overwhelming need to maximize return on investment.

One might argue that the extreme compensation paid to corporate executives violates this, but in those cases is it usually the extreme greed of the individuals involved, coupled with extreme manipulative behaviour that have convinced shareholders that such compensation will maximize their own return on investment.

In such a context, only greedy psychopaths remain eligible to inherit the American dream.

Re:20,034 transferred in the same day

[Surt]

This is probably the most important thing you miss if you don't read the article. GoDaddy lost only about 1k domains.