Godaddy survey answers

Zenaan Harkness zen at freedbms.net
Mon Sep 11 16:35:04 PDT 2017


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.


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