FUCK GODADDY UP THE ASS
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- OSFA0
- ETM0
@ dbloc ... blame the US government if you don't like how open WHOIS profiles are.
WHOIS has generated policy issues in the United States federal government. As noted above, WHOIS creates a privacy issue which is also tied to free speech and anonymous speech. However, WHOIS is an important tool for law enforcement officers investigating violations like spam and phishing to track down the holders of domain names. Law enforcement officers become frustrated when WHOIS records are filled with rubbish. As a result, law enforcement agencies have sought to make WHOIS records both open and verified:
The Federal Trade Commission has testified about how inaccurate WHOIS records thwart their investigations
Congressional hearings have been conducted about the importance of WHOIS in 2006, 2002, and 2001.
The Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act "make it a violation of trademark and copyright law if a person knowingly provided, or caused to be provided, materially false contact information in making, maintaining, or renewing the registration of a domain name used in connection with the violation," where the latter "violation" refers to a prior violation of trademark or copyright law. The act does not make the submission of false WHOIS data illegal in itself, only if used to shield oneself from prosecution for crimes committed using that domain name.
- What is this shit I posted 9 years ago? Who the fuck cares!? What a cunt.ETM
- ETM0
Just to note, I have no interest, nor am I trying to defend GoDaddy (screw 'em). I am just surprised that WHOIS is such a mystery for some (I take it for granted being in the web field) and wanted to try and help people understand the process and who to really blame.
- nthkl0
Hahaha. This thread makes me smile.
- I heard Network Solutions is even worse.nthkl
- I heard dbloc solutions is a carved stone implement used for opening nuts.kingsteven
- huh?dbloc
- pinkfloyd0
Notice the dates, and how often they spam my inbox. Also, expect to get telemarketers to call stating that you're account is about to expire, even though have monthly plan set up. They're trying to manipulate people into buying a yearly package. They use to call once a month, but they toned it down lately.
- epic_rim0
I've come to the conclusion that Go Daddy is more interested in making money than being a good net citizen.
- utopian1
monday bump
- PhanLo5
My site had migrated to Godaddy from Mediatemple. Been a fucking nightmare trying to get access to emails and even login.
Fuck GoDaddy in the ass for real.Who do people use instead?
- Is siteground good?PhanLo
- If she's in the UK, get a UK provider. I use these guys, but it's not an endoresment as SS does too, lol https://www.thehosti…Nairn
- https://us.ovhcloud.…gonzalle
- i went from (mt) to siteground and loved it ever since, siteground is fastYakuZoku
- moved all my mt (which was just one pagers and low-traffic sites) to bluehost. nothing special but reliable and cheap.kingsteven
- Cool, cheers folks I'll have a look.
I was chatting to the phone bot the other day and it couldn't understand my accent. Nearly punched the internetPhanLo - Felt like Matt Damon's character in District 9PhanLo
- DreamHost and netcup (Germany)oey_oey
- Tried Siteground and Bluehost for the first year after (mt). Dreamhost ever since.imbecile
- Opal
https://www.opalstac…grafician - Dreamhost for me after watching a few others test the waters. I've mostly got a bunch of simple static sites, with a few hidden Wordpress dev playgrounds.evilpeacock
- Also, GoDaddy closed MT, then raised prices *a lot*. Everything is now CPanel, which is high overhead for small site management.evilpeacock
- aws.com
I use a simple 'Lightsail' instance which costs $5+ /mth. It's WP but you can go behind the scenes and gut it / hack it up as you please.PonyBoy - Same thing happened to me. F GoDaddy for sure. Their customer service is remarkable terrible... like you have to make an effort towards being that Fing bad.jbasnight
- fwiw, dreamhost since 2007. (for personal and some clients) no complaints. wordpress sites. low traffic tho.Squiddy
- Matt Damon was in that dudes other movie ElysiumYakuZoku
- Oh yeah Elysium, it's been a long few months. Finally got into my emails. It's like being in Black Mirror.PhanLo
- Same thing happened to me - MT to GoDaddy migration - way more expensive for zero real reason (other than profits), will. be moving off next month.bulletfactory
- ^I was about to buy more email space and then the chat person said, to their credit that I actually had my emails on some hard to reach part of the sitePhanLo
- The navigation is brutalPhanLo
- Here use my cock too and fuck themAQUTE
- Panopticon is running on free hosting from Firebase. I posted the method a while back. It's probably only feasible for personal projects.palimpsest
- Been using Hostgator for the last few years. Customer service is worse than it used to be but its very reliable.webazoot
- Had GoDaddy ransom a clients domain once, client had paid them & had proof but their CS wouldn't allow access until it was paid a second time. Was weird.webazoot
- Why did I think you were asking about your sister's site?! *rubs eyes*Nairn
- Same as graf, I use opalstack too. Their customer service is excellent.pusherbot
- Me, too. Emails gone. I am paid up til Jan then fuck em.BonSeff
- I got my emails back but the webmail is so flakey. It’s like the Mediatemple part is stuck in a cupboard down a corridor that is locked offPhanLo
- Will save the thread, pretty useful infoPhanLo
- Siteground won't host any cool new javascript oriented sites. Found out the hard way.canoe
- Going through the same MT -> Godaddy separation brother. It’s been a fucking nightmare. Like 20 years with MT!!!ideaist
- My old mac had dies and I'd been lazy at getting it fixed so it made the process even more painful. reading the reddit threads made it even worse.PhanLo