Too late GoDaddy.com, too late
As some of you may know (assuming you follow my Google+ posts), I’ve been posting a lot about H.R.3261 – Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and how it will completely break the internet if it passes. Check out http://americancensorship.org/ if you want to learn more about SOPA and how you can stop it from passing.
A list of SOPA supporters was released recently and amongst other big name companies, Go Daddy was on the list. Go Daddy is a giant domain name registrar and that throws a lot of money around on sponsorships and advertising. Go Daddy was also the place I registered a lot of my domain names, including this one. Once I learned that Go Daddy supported SOPA I, like others, immediately began moving all the rest of my domains off Go Daddy, I process I began earlier in the year when Go Daddy’s CEO decided it was a good idea to go to Zimbabwe, shoot an elephant, then outfit local residents in Go Daddy hats as they tore the dead elephant to shreds, video the whole thing and post it on the internet. Yeah. You can’t make shit like that up.
Anyway, I still had 39 domains at Go Daddy so I talked to the folks over at hover.com who happily moved all my domains over to my hover account for me. Apparently this did not go unnoticed by Go Daddy. Check out this voicemail I received today:
Oh Todd.
You want to make sure Go Daddy wasn’t giving me a reason to leave? Go Daddy most certainly did sir, in the form of that dogs breakfast of legislation that they not only supported, they helped create helped create.
Despite today’s half assed press release kinda sorta withdrawing Go Daddy’s support of SOPA (you know, depending on how things go), I have no reason to continue a business relationship with a company that ever once thought it was a good idea to allow the censorship of the internet.
If you read this, Todd, don’t expect a call back.
Update
Here is the transcript of the voicemail for those requesting it:
Hi Erica, This is Todd calling from go daddy dot com. I was calling regarding your transfers away. I wanted to, hopefully touch base with you and just get some feedback from you to see um, we just wanna make sure that you’re provid… you’re being provided with the support that you need that you, you know, that we’re taking care of you, we just wanna make sure that we’re not giving you a reason to leave. Um, certainly not trying to necessarily change your mind uh we just wanna make sure that go daddy is doing everything it can just to meet your needs so. If you don’t mind sharing your feedback, we would love to hear from you. The number here is (480) 463-8895. We can also help you, with your transfers, if you need. So feel free to just reach out and let us know. Thank you very much. We certainly wish you Happy Holidays, and have a great day. Bye.
