Cheezburger Dumping GoDaddy over SOPA

http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/22/cheezburgers-ben-huh-if-godaddy-supports-sopa-were-taking-our-1000-domains-elsewhere/

by edomain • 15 years ago

426 38 15 years ago

Cheezburger is a perfect example of a company that has a lot to lose from SOPA. Its a site full of parodies and humor often directed against large brands. I expect that there are many people who would jump the the chance to make Cheezburger vanish from the web.

tansey• 15 years ago

They are threatening to dump them, they haven't officially done it yet.

smokeyj• 15 years ago

Money: the only vote that matters!

We're not consumers, we're investors. Investing in socially irresponsible corporations such as GoDaddy is no longer acceptable, and as a community we need to perfect the art of boycotting.

I would love to see a corporate "social-responsibility" wiki that let's people track corporate behavior. If we can make it easy to see what causes we support as consumers, the quicker we can rid the market of these parasites.

jaysonelliot6• 15 years ago

The fact that Cheezburger didn't dump GoDaddy over any of the scandals in the past, from their rampant sexism to elephant slaughter, bothers me.

I'm glad to see them taking this sort-of-a-stand right now, but they're not actually dumping GoDaddy over SOPA, they're only threatening to unless GoDaddy recants their support.

GoDaddy has already done the damage. If they were to recant their support now, the Congressmen in favor of SOPA could just dismiss it as folding under economic pressure, and still cite GoDaddy's original support as relevant.

I'd much rather see Cheezburger just dump them and be done with it.

dhughes• 15 years ago

Apparently owner Ben is a bit of a dick

http://gawker.com/5488509/inside-the-low+paying-cheezburger-...

paulgb• 15 years ago

Their main complaint is that the company pays slightly better than minimum wage? This smacks of Gawker just being sensationalist, especially when they themselves hire unpaid interns: http://gawker.com/5437382/come-intern-for-free-at-gawker-so-...

darkxanthos2• 15 years ago

I work for Cheezburger. Believe me when I say we are very serious and the wheels are in motion.

a_a_r_o_n• 15 years ago

The way I read your announcement was that if GD doesn't retract support, CB will move.

Now that GD claims to have retracted support, will CB stay with GD or is the move on regardless?

vaksel• 15 years ago

with 1000 domains, it has to be an empty threat, it's a pain in the ass to move one domain at a time, I can just imagine doing that 1000 times.

I know some vendors offer bulk domain transfer, but I'd imagine the complicated bit would still be there(i.e. confirming the authorization code and confirming domain ownership with the confirmation codes)

Or is that wrong and there is a way to move domains without confirming?

jaysonelliot6• 15 years ago

I moved about 90 domains from GoDaddy to NameCheap when Bob Parsons was reveling in elephant slaughter, and it was remarkably easy.

I don't remember the details of the situation, but I do remember NameCheap being incredibly helpful in making it as painless as possible.

viraptor• 15 years ago

I guess there's some amount of domains where it stops being your problem and becomes the new provider's problem, because you're a good deal for them. Not sure if 1000 is a high enough number, but it might be...

Kind of like a difference between "could you help me with those 10 packs of drinks?" and "I'd like a truck load of drinks from you, how will you make this happen?"

mark_l_watson• 15 years ago

A small datapoint: I moved 6 of my domains off of GoDaddy last night: incredibly easy. A small cost, but I feel OK about that. Even without scripting it, I bet I could move 1000 domains in one day of work.

Bud• 15 years ago

To me, it is embarrassing that techies did not dump GoDaddy LONG ago, for their sophomoric and incredibly sexist advertising.

This backlash is long overdue.

pork2• 15 years ago

That didn't bother me as much as the elephant hunts, to be honest.

jQueryIsAwesome2• 15 years ago

Lets get real here please, you eat (or at least the average human) 5+ cows in his lifetime and that kind of elephants are not an endangered specie.

maukdaddy• 15 years ago

It should bother you. A lot. Especially when there are articles bemoaning the lack of women in IT.

Natsu• 15 years ago

I've never used them personally, but I've heard a lot of horror stories where people got trapped in the service due to various policies making it very expensive and time-consuming to leave.

That said, they've certainly done enough to make me want to avoid them.

powerfulninja• 15 years ago

I just xfered all 12 of my domains I had with godaddy. I know 12 isn't a lot but every little bit helps.

Cheezburger Dumping GoDaddy over SOPA

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