Zenaan Harkness:
Godaddy's in-house survey monkey just hit me up. Thought it was a good time to express their lack of advising themselves in regard to the impact to their public image when they took a stand against TDS:
- Why did you rate Godaddy the way you just did (low)? Godaddy took a stand against freedom of speech in rejecting TheDailyStormer.com's (TDS) domain registration, and GoDaddy did so in a way which failed to uphold one of our community's foundational freedoms.
When undermining a fundamental human right, as Godaddy did to TDS, even if your target is speaking objectionably, Godaddy as an "information carrier" (of sorts) has a significantly higher duty of care to its customers (e.g. TDS) than other entities.
Godaddy, in cancelling TDS' domain, failed to conduct itself in a way compatible with its duty of care obligations to our community to treat every body fairly and in a way which preserves due process.
Godaddy should advise itself to inform itself of the requirements for conduct in relation to those of its customers who say things on their websites which Godaddy may object to.
- What is the single most important thing we could do to improve your experience? Advise yourself that when you take a public stand against freedom of speech (even objectionable speech), you are affecting your reputation negatively, in a big way. Due to the TDS episode, my plans are to transition completely off of Godaddy in the coming 2 years.
I dumped godaddy around 15 yrs ago when they lost my business site and refused to find it. i went to another host and namecheap. f godaddy.