Go Daddy Loses Over 21,000 Domains In One Day

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Go Daddy Loses Over 21,000 Domains In One Day

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday December 25, 2011 @07:08AM from the reaping-what-you-sow dept.

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."

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so uh why they'd support it? by gl4ss · 2011-12-25 07:10 · Score: 5, Interesting

a banned domain = customer has to buy another?

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1. Re:so uh why they'd support it? by Stradenko · 2011-12-25 07:13 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  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.
2. Re:so uh why they'd support it? by Baloroth · 2011-12-25 07:24 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  GoDaddy got the seized domains from the last round of ICE seizures. I'll let you connect the dots.
  
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3. Re:so uh why they'd support it? by 0100010001010011 · 2011-12-25 07:31 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  GoDaddy helped write the legislation such that they are exempt from it.
  Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), the only member of Congress present at the hearing with any tech experience, having founded several web companies, introduced two amendments: one to exclude universities and non-profits from being subject do having to shut down their own domain servers if accused of piracy under SOPA, and the other to exempt dynamic IP addresses, such as those found on web-enabled printers. Both were voted down.
  Polis pointed out that SOPA and Smith’s amendment already excluded certain operators of sub-domains, such as GoDaddy.com, from being subject to shutdowns under SOPA.
  “If companies like GoDaddy.com are exempt, why aren’t non-commercial domain servers exempt?” Polis asked.
20,034 transferred in the same day by sup2100 · 2011-12-25 07:12 · Score: 5, Informative

Gotta love statistics
1. Re:20,034 transferred in the same day by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-25 08:33 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  Mod parent up.
  21,054 transferred out, but 20,034 transferred in. (from TFA)
2. Re:20,034 transferred in the same day by Surt · 2011-12-25 10:14 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  This is probably the most important thing you miss if you don't read the article. GoDaddy lost only about 1k domains.
  
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Democracy. by TehNoobTrumpet · 2011-12-25 07:14 · Score: 5, Insightful

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.
1. Re:Democracy. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-25 07:19 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  good thing everyone has the same number of votes in their wallets.
  democracy.
2. Re:Democracy. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-25 07:27 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  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. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-25 07:18 · Score: 5, Insightful

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.
Significant? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-25 07:19 · Score: 5, Interesting

How significant is this? I don't know how to read this data, but TFA itself seems to note that almost as many domains transferred in on the same day, and it says here that they manage some 32 million domains, so that really doesn't seem like much. Can't find any historical data, though, so I don't know if it's outside the norm for daily activity... is it?
Very good point! by Weezul · 2011-12-25 07:28 · Score: 5, Informative

Also, GoDaddy has NOT withdrawn its official congressional support for SOPA, but they pretend they did when talking to the press.

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1. Re:Very good point! by rgbrenner · 2011-12-25 07:57 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  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.
2. Re:Very good point! by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-25 08:28 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  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.
3. Re:Very good point! by viperidaenz · 2011-12-25 09:09 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I can provide the funds you request. Misfortune has it that it is locked in a trust and I need $199 to process the fund request. If you send me the $199 I can then send you what you require. You can trust me...
4. Re:Very good point! by SlithyMagister · 2011-12-25 09:56 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  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.
5. Re:Very good point! by SomePgmr · 2011-12-25 13:28 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  Indeed, there were a few that ran specials for godaddy xfers with deal codes like SOPASUCKS.
Misleading summary by SuperMog2002 · 2011-12-25 07:28 · Score: 5, Informative

According to the article, GoDaddy lost 21,054, but they also gained 20,034, for a net loss of 1020. Given their scale, that doesn't exactly sound like a massive exodus. Also, without any further information, for all we know, this is just a regular day of churn that happened to end negative.

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1. Re:Misleading summary by klui · 2011-12-25 07:41 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  Here is more detailed info on these "losses."
  
  http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/npj2q/godaddy_lost_21000_domains_yesterday/c3ay6yu?context=3
  
  Daily changes http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/npj2q/godaddy_lost_21000_domains_yesterday/c3ay675
Plugin to boycott GoDaddy's remaining customers? by Kogun · 2011-12-25 11:51 · Score: 5, Interesting

So where is the browser plugin to allow me to boycott the websites STILL using GoDaddy for their domain hosting?