All these statements and disparaging remarks you've made so far and you didn't even have any evidence to back it up or even his email handles?
You simply can't go around making ignorant accusations and insinuations like you have without anything but your feeling to back it up.
If you listen to most
@DomainSherpa shows in their entirety you'll find they they regularly state that what they say is their opinion. I'll go one step further and say they they don't even really need to do that .. because they ARE ENTITLED to their opinions .. whether right or wrong or more lilely .. somewhere in between. They regularly "recommend" things. They often state how they don't know things for sure .. and even laugh at themselves when they are wrong. There is absolutely ZERO basis in merit stating they anybody there actively is out to deceive anyone. If you have proof .. bring it up .. if you suspect something then tread very lightly and investigate without making false accusations that you cannot backup .. if you end up finding proof then fine .. make your accusations ... but making false accusation and insinuations is akin and equal or worse in severity to what you're accusing them of.
@Domain Shane .. you owe absolutely
ZERO explanations/justifications to anyone. You reiterate so often that what you say is
OPINION that can and even sometimes WILL be wrong that it's almost silly. How anybody could ever blame you for being misleading is beyond insane.
@MediaOptions often goes off on tangent and explores random thoughts based on in the moment ideas that developed during the discussions. He tends to ramble on and CAN sound convincing because he often follows up his ideas with examples and facts (something ironically lacking here from those speaking against him and
@Michael Cyger). But let's be very clear that most of the time, it's very clearly
OPINION.
The last time something like this happened Cyger DID take action. Action that hurt his own content as he removed a huge portion of past shows .. but he took action SPECIFICALLY to protect new domainers despite the fact he actually got grief for it and took an obvious SEO hit from losing so much content.
I'm not even stating that anybody/everybody mentioned in this entire thread is innocent .. but it is 100% wrong to make accusations without at least some evidence or proof .. it is also 100% wrong to say it is wrong for people to share their opinions.
All the Sharpas take personal time to share their opinion ... and because of it and other sources of information, I'm now at the point where I actually sometimes even disagree with their opinions from time to time. But even then I grow and learn something based on them discussing something I don't agree with.
It's like earlier on in this thread when Andrew (
@MediaOptions) shared his
OPINION on how he thinks domain auctions could be changed for the better. The moment said that people rushed to accuse him of all sorts of things not even circumstantial. People conveniently overlooked the fact that he said he was thinking out loud, and even if he did think allowing self-bidding would help the industry, that he in no way thought that was an excuse for the current suspect bidding by the original accused in this thread. He stated the current rules are the current rules .. and should not be broken or circumvented until the rules are actually changed.
What's worse is that the only obvious fact everyone can agree on is that auctions across the domain industry are a mess and changes, reforms and improvements are desperately needed. Open and frank debates throwing out and discussing all sort of crazy ideas is how we can find potential solutions/improvements.
