GoDaddy Keeps Taking Wokeness to New Levels. Therefore, I'm DONE as a Customer...

[The Rover]

Why the hell are you literally injecting skin color in your subject lines of customer emails? As a domainer, can someone explain to me why, as a domain registrar, you feel that it's necessary to send me emails about black owned businesses on a weekly basis? I'm all ears as to what this has to do with my business.

By virtue of emails like this, GoDaddy is revealing each day, that their presupposition must be that blacks are somehow inherently incapable, en masse, of creating a successful business. They clearly believe that a black person who "makes it" and/or is a successful entrepreneur, that they must be celebrated as if it's a "rare" phenomenon or something. Does the CEO and his marketing department not grasp how utterly freaking racist this is? Do they not understand how insulting this is to blacks?

Godaddy is speaking out both sides of their mouth.This divisiveness crap needs to stop. You want to celebrate a specific entrepreneur? GREAT. However, there's no need to inject race into this or underscore the topic of the color of someone's skin as being the core part of the story.

Like every other "big tech" company, you're acting like utter freaking clueless morons, GoDaddy. The hysterical irony, is that you'll be losing my business not because your customer service sucks (which it does) but because I think you're a terribly racist, divisive P.O.S company who clearly spends more time marketing to the social justice crowd than you do on improving your own customer service.

 

[The Rover]

Someone should tag any of the big wigs over at GoDaddy regarding this post. I'd love to hear their clueless defense on this. Injecting skin color into the subject line of millions of customer emails under the guise of "inconclusiveness"? Clueless move, right there.

 

[F.E.]

@The Rover I apologize if my language insults you in any way, but I'd be happy to defend Godaddy or any other company in that matter.

The problem comes from a very root - people. Not you specifically, but the groups "fighting for rights". Those groups involved highly mainstream characters who painted picture that in this case specifically, black people are being incompetent to do anything, but not because of their skills, but the majority of white people taking those oppprtunities because of better position.

This same goes for LGBTQ community or any other. Oeople presumably thinks that majority will or do judge you for being different, while this isn't a case. I am very well familiar, since I live in war-torn country with total of 3 nationalities who "hate" themselves for obvious reason: some fams told them to.


If people would turn off the mainstream media and start using their brain, Earth would be a better place, and that will never happen. So the best would be to accept the fact that such stories will follow you around.

ps if you were insultes by my post, I sincerely apologize, it was not my intention.

 

[The Rover]

@The Rover I apologize if my language insults you in any way, but I'd be happy to defend Godaddy or any other company in that matter.

The problem comes from a very root - people. Not you specifically, but the groups "fighting for rights". Those groups involved highly mainstream characters who painted picture that in this case specifically, black people are being incompetent to do anything, but not because of their skills, but the majority of white people taking those oppprtunities because of better position.

This same goes for LGBTQ community or any other. Oeople presumably thinks that majority will or do judge you for being different, while this isn't a case. I am very well familiar, since I live in war-torn country with total of 3 nationalities who "hate" themselves for obvious reason: some fams told them to.


If people would turn off the mainstream media and start using their brain, Earth would be a better place, and that will never happen. So the best would be to accept the fact that such stories will follow you around.

ps if you were insultes by my post, I sincerely apologize, it was not my intention.

It takes a lot to insult me. Your post didn't insult me. However, the ongoing divisiveness of GoDaddy's emails sure do.

 

[F.E.]

Another good analogy would be women. Society accepted this weird, non written rules that women are minority decision holders and women started fighting for it. Result: laws that requires % of women employeed in managing positions, or as voting candidates.

Society in whole is corrupted labeling someone for being who he is. If we start looking at every human being like an actual human being while not categorizing them, all those problems would disappear. But that will never happen.

 

[noneisnone]

the fact that you thought godaddy knew better is funny to me ^^'

 

[Lox]

In Q1 2019 GD announced a deeper $ investment in South Africa & MENA (WANA) region. They made a bunch of deals f.e. Millicom Telecom - Tiga Rwanda, acquiring startups s.a. Made With Over [madewithover.com] now GD Studio [godaddy.com/studio] etc.

Regards

 

[bmugford]

GoDaddy is a private company and can do what they want. I don't think trying to give equal opportunities to everyone is bad thing.

With that said, it always annoys me when a business says something like "Christian owned", "women owned", "minority owned", etc.

It is just not something I care about. If you are a good business just be a good business.
I am not any more or less likely to transact business with you because you market that way.

Brad

 

[The Rover]

GoDaddy is a private company and can do what they want. I don't think trying to give equal opportunities to everyone is bad thing.

With that said, it always annoys me when a business says something like "Christian owned", "women owned", "minority owned", etc.

It is just not something I care about. If you are a good business just be a good business.
I am not any more or less likely to transact business with you because you market that way.

Brad

We have equal opportunities, Brad, that's the entire point. GoDaddy isn't being sincere here. GoDaddy (and countless others) keep insisting that equal opportunity somehow doesn't exist. If you also believe that, fair enough, but imo that's a problem and a terrible delusion that continues to fuel this crap, and forms a twisted alter reality that so many people want to live in and profit from. Either we have successful entrepreneurs of every race, or we don't, correct? If we don't have equal opportunity, then that entirely negates their own emails.

There's zero evidence to suggest that any particular race (in America ) is being "held down" from building a business. In fact, to the contrary, as minorities have a TON of programs available to them, directly from the federal Government. As far as GoDaddy being a private business, sure. They have every right to muck up their business however they please, and I have every right to leave them as a customer if I think they're a racist company attempting to peddle divisionist B.S. under the guise of "inclusiveness".

GoDaddy, like many other companies, are literally a total inversion of what it is they're claiming to stand for. That's the rub, imo. The true, genuine racists that exist within our society, have this miserable, incessant need to remind everyone how they're not racist or bigoted. Sending an email to millions of customers is a fine example of just that. It's totally transparent as they coddle certain minorities as if they're somehow "incapable" of success on any large scale. Imagine getting an email from a massive company who arrogantly presumes that success from your race is so rare, that they actually had to inject your skin color in a regular marketing campaign email in order to celebrate your success? It's utterly insulting to blacks and others.

 

[AEProgram]

Few things are going on.

1. GoDaddy is a public company. Woke will not make you lose investors but it can make you gain investors.

2. A while ago I read that once people use a company they rarely switch even though they threaten they will. Think about all the horrible things companies have done and there was massive outcry and people swearing they are done with them just to see their numbers keep growing. A company faces no risk by being woke but faces a potential of gaining more customers. Just ask Nike about that.

3. Finding good employees is not easy and being woke will get you to be exposed to a bigger talent pool. Employees leaving because the company went woke happens in very rare occasions. Money still does control the masses regardless if you like this little fact or not.

4. When companies send woke emails it gets people to scream about it. This is some of the best possible customer acquisition techniques I have ever seen. Nobody here will move away from godaddy because of your post, however, if a random person researching godaddy finds this post and they happen to woke, they will use godaddy just to spite you. The person against the woke stuff will not go to another registrar because of this post, they will read, they might agree with you, but 5 minutes later they are buying services from godaddy because it is the most known name, they might even say they are buying it there because of some coupon or whatever and will move away right away, something they will never do.

5. Wokeness without a doubt has hurt some sports etc, but businesses like godaddy, banking etc do not get hurt from it and instead are rewarded a lot.

6. I want you to imagine what is going on in corporate board rooms or zoom calls in these days. A person suggests a woke idea, maybe a new photo or message on a site or a email etc, can you tell me who would turn that idea down right now? Especially if the idea is being suggested by someone in one of the many groups you must agree with or be cancelled? My point is, can we really judge companies right now for doing these things?

You must remember that when companies do things its not because they are really these great people. They do things that will make them the most money. Why does Hollywood for example stay quiet on the abuses in certain countries? Why did John Cena run and apologize to the Chinese? The sooner you understand that all these things are money decisions and not really moral decisions, the sooner you will be calmer when you see companies behaving in some ways very racist with the statements they indirectly are making. I never really understood how hurtful some of these moves are to some people of color until I read Blackout.. by Candace Owens and Prey... by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Money drives corporate decisions, the Nazis had support from major companies. This includes IBM, Volkswagen, The Coca-Cola Company, The Associated Press, Kodak, Bayer and many many more. https://allthatsinteresting.com/major-brands-nazi-collaborators

Reading history will also show you that humans go throw these phases. This too shall pass, in the meantime, focus on living your best life, being fair to all, smile a little at how fake some people and companies are because one day, their madness will get them into trouble, just ask Cuomo how well his extreme woke rants worked in his favor.

PS Do not expect many people liking or commenting on this thread. The fear to speak is high. There are probably many people that were going to reply or like and then fear kicked in.

 

[The Rover]

Few things are going on.

1. GoDaddy is a public company. Woke will not make you lose investors but it can make you gain investors.

2. A while ago I read that once people use a company they rarely switch even though they threaten they will. Think about all the horrible things companies have done and there was massive outcry and people swearing they are done with them just to see their numbers keep growing. A company faces no risk by being woke but faces a potential of gaining more customers. Just ask Nike about that.

3. Finding good employees is not easy and being woke will get you to be exposed to a bigger talent pool. Employees leaving because the company went woke happens in very rare occasions. Money still does control the masses regardless if you like this little fact or not.

4. When companies send woke emails it gets people to scream about it. This is some of the best possible customer acquisition techniques I have ever seen. Nobody here will move away from godaddy because of your post, however, if a random person researching godaddy finds this post and they happen to woke, they will use godaddy just to spite you. The person against the woke stuff will not go to another registrar because of this post, they will read, they might agree with you, but 5 minutes later they are buying services from godaddy because it is the most known name, they might even say they are buying it there because of some coupon or whatever and will move away right away, something they will never do.

5. Wokeness without a doubt has hurt some sports etc, but businesses like godaddy, banking etc do not get hurt from it and instead are rewarded a lot.

6. I want you to imagine what is going on in corporate board rooms or zoom calls in these days. A person suggests a woke idea, maybe a new photo or message on a site or a email etc, can you tell me who would turn that idea down right now? Especially if the idea is being suggested by someone in one of the many groups you must agree with or be cancelled? My point is, can we really judge companies right now for doing these things?

You must remember that when companies do things its not because they are really these great people. They do things that will make them the most money. Why does Hollywood for example stay quiet on the abuses in certain countries? Why did John Cena run and apologize to the Chinese? The sooner you understand that all these things are money decisions and not really moral decisions, the sooner you will be calmer when you see companies behaving in some ways very racist with the statements they indirectly are making. I never really understood how hurtful some of these moves are to some people of color until I read Blackout.. by Candace Owens and Prey... by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Money drives corporate decisions, the Nazis had support from major companies. This includes IBM, Volkswagen, The Coca-Cola Company, The Associated Press, Kodak, Bayer and many many more. https://allthatsinteresting.com/major-brands-nazi-collaborators

Reading history will also show you that humans go throw these phases. This too shall pass, in the meantime, focus on living your best life, being fair to all, smile a little at how fake some people and companies are because one day, their madness will get them into trouble, just ask Cuomo how well his extreme woke rants worked in his favor.

I'm no stranger to corporate boardrooms nor history, so I fully grasp how such decision are primarily fueled by greed, money and whatever they presume that the market dictates. I don't think that's a great revelation, by any stretch. One of the main points of my post was that none of these asinine actions occur without great destruction to a society. There's a massive societal cost to all of this, and that is precisely why I (and many others) refuse to acquiesce to this nonsense, regardless of what it is being fueled by.

As you admitted, money drives such decisions..until it doesn't. As you're aware, there needs to be a customer base who's willing to support such idiocy. As you've also stated, things will pass. What fuels such a change? People who stand up and refuse to accept this crap. The sooner we do that, the sooner such division and destructive behavior will cease to exist. However, nothing will change by the masses laying down or refusing to call out GoDaddy's hypocrisy, that's for damn sure. So, I'm not at all disillusioned with the motives, on the contrary. You have to literally use their own narratives against them, because that is precisely where they crumble every time.

 

[The Rover]

the fact that you thought godaddy knew better is funny to me ^^'

You need to read between the lines.

 

[Peak.Domains]

I'm sorry but you being triggered isn't "Domain Industry News", can't you start a blog or something? I can think of at least one place that would host it

 

[The Rover]

I'm sorry but you being triggered isn't "Domain Industry News", can't you start a blog or something? I can think of at least one place that would host it

Au contraire, as GoDaddy certainly believes that this is news. Enough so, that they're emailing millions of their customers, reminding them how wonderfully "woke" they are.

Also, don't get this twisted. You seem to be conflating someone not tolerating nonsense with clueless, inept people like yourself who are truly triggered. It seems the person who's "triggered" is you, since you seem to want to keep the theme of divisiveness going by injecting a useless comment which adds nothing to this thread, other than a passive aggressive, false presumption about my position. I mean really? Your comment about a particular host here is trite and hardly clever, and merely underscores my original point

If you disagree with what I've stated, then by all means, for the classroom, enlighten us.

P.S. The mods should probably move this thread to whatever category they deem it to be, if an offensive mass GoDaddy email doesn't somehow qualify as industry news. At the end of the day, I seriously could care less what category this thread goes in.

 

[karmaco]

You should care more about how GoDaddy treats domainers and less about who is in their newsletter in spotlight. If you are uncomfortable with poc being highlighted for achievements I’d say thats your problem not GoDaddy’s.

 

[Samer]

You should care more about how GoDaddy treats domainers and less about who is in their newsletter in spotlight. If you are uncomfortable with poc being highlighted for achievements I’d say thats your problem not GoDaddy’s.

They have lost their way.

You dont need Godaddy’s virtue-signaling.

I more have problems with taking people offline i.e. to literally “cancel” them for simply having an opposing opinion. goes back to gun forum, most recently “whistleblower” site; poof

feels easier than ever to cancel anybody;

I believe these days, the term is “sedition” but i dont want to drift this thread too far off course. This will be a very polarizing thread, happens when u make stance clear, where gd fails imo. Best way is to let both sides “duke it out” and dont get involved, lol at vague “TOS” Godaddy

Godaddy does care about you people!
When will people get that. waiving hostage tax for vip xxx dn holders keeping them afloat lol fmore than thought, that and the ads old days. all other registrars too poor marketing budget.. would not buy stock (GDDY) if it cost $1.00

Good luck, OP. Please, dont get cancelled,
Samer

 

[The Rover]

You should care more about how GoDaddy treats domainers and less about who is in their newsletter in spotlight. If you are uncomfortable with poc being highlighted for achievements I’d say thats your problem not GoDaddy’s.

No. Again, I have a problem with a company (or anyone) who is hyper-focusing on any single race in their achievements to the extent that achievements by other races are never highlighted. That should not be difficult to understand. By literal definition, GoDaddy's tactics are overtly racist. There's honestly no need for your remark to passively insinuate that I'm somehow against highlighting the achievements of black people and/or POC. You're attempting to make this about "me" rather than GoDaddy, when I am merely pointing out facts. Again, the sheer number of emails that GoDaddy sends out on a weekly basis using ONLY black people and/or POC is clearly an agenda.

It should go without saying that celebrating the achievements of POC is a wonderful thing. No decent human would deny that. However, what many people clearly fail to grasp, is that merely stating something like "you should not have an issue with celebrating POC" could be construed as offensive and patronizing in and of itself. Why? Because again, your statement suggests that somehow blacks/poc are incapable of achievement on a regular basis to the extent that you felt it was necessary to remind me that that people of color should be celebrated for their success. That was literally the point of my opening post! It is assumed (or damn well should be) that all races in America are capable of success.To not assume that, is actually racist and/or bigoted.

So again, I am merely asking the simple question: where are the equal achievements highlighted by other races? If GoDaddy claims to be about "equality", then where's the balance? Keywords being EQUAL and BALANCE. Answer: GoDaddy isn't truly concerned about equality or about being balanced.

Below is yet another email sent in the last 24 hours.

As for me being concerned about the way GoDaddy treats their customers, again, as I have typed in my previous post, I have already stated that they desperately need to improve their customer service.

 

[mr-x]

@The Rover I apologize if my language insults you in any way, ...

ps if you were insultes by my post, I sincerely apologize, it was not my intention.

@The Rover, I'm not sorry if I offend you or anyone else. You spoke the truth and I appreciate it.

 

[mr-x]

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[NickB]

I could keep going.....but I doubt it's going to change anyone's mind.........

 

[Mister Funsky]

My apologies for not reading the whole thread yet.

One of my reasons for moving domains out of daddy is because they always attach a color to something under the guise of being PC (or whatever the phrase of the year is). Emails, as well as the site itself, always seem to be 'painting' individuals in some kind of light.

Red, Black, Yellow or White does not matter to me when it comes to business dealings. The only color that matters is GREEN.

 

[mr-x]

Godaddy could help everyone just promoting actual businesses using their platform.

No. Again, I have a problem with a company (or anyone) who is hyper-focusing on any single race in their achievements to the extent that achievements by other races are never highlighted. That should not be difficult to understand. By literal definition, GoDaddy's tactics are overtly racist. There's honestly no need for your remark to passively insinuate that I'm somehow against highlighting the achievements of black people and/or POC. You're attempting to make this about "me" rather than GoDaddy, when I am merely pointing out facts. Again, the sheer number of emails that GoDaddy sends out on a weekly basis using ONLY black people and/or POC is clearly an agenda.
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[NickB]

My apologies for not reading the whole thread yet.

One of my reasons for moving domains out of daddy is because they always attach a color to something under the guise of being PC (or whatever the phrase of the year is). Emails, as well as the site itself, always seem to be 'painting' individuals in some kind of light.

Red, Black, Yellow or White does not matter to me when it comes to business dealings. The only color that matters is GREEN.

This colour "issue" is really weird - personally never noticed it until this thread

The crap service, interface etc etc is why I only have a handful of domains left with them and before the end of the year will have 1 which is developed 5 years in advance and hosted elsewhere...so need for now to move it....

 

[The Rover]

This colour "issue" is really weird - personally never noticed it until this thread

The crap service, interface etc etc is why I only have a handful of domains left with them and before the end of the year will have 1 which is developed 5 years in advance and hosted elsewhere...so need for now to move it....

Any time you're in doubt or even deny that someone (or a company) might be resorting to divisive tactics under the false pretense of "equality", all one has to do is flip the narrative in order to determine how it will likely be interpreted. Replace the word "black" with "white".

"White-Owned Candle Company brings Self-Care To All"...

Can you imagine the outrage if they did that? Nuance matters. THAT'S how you discern truth. This quick and easy test works every single time.

GoDaddy isn't at all about "equality". They're all about passively fueling division, like so many other massive corporations.

 

[biggie]

Hi

wtf is "woke"?

over the years, a lot of domainers have made money from or thru godaddy and co

so, all i see, is gd marketing to and for, a segment of the population
and maybe trying to take away some fb users

minority owned/ black owned is for distinction of accomplishment and self pride.

is it better to have black owned businesses being promoted, that you can see exist
or
the black on black crime that you see reported on tv everyday

there has to be some balance and a way out.... for those who feel trapped or entrapped
and i think gd is saying "hey, here's a way"

just saying....


imo....