It's like those ignorant folks who think black lives matter means all lives don't matter. Of course all lives matter. And it's a damn shame it has come to this extreme, where one side has to feel kneeling during the national anthem is their best option to get awareness NOW. Then our president suggest we get those sons of bitches off the field. Only months later the president is out there inciting shooting of looters to the WORLD. Surely you can respect kneeling more than looting? I know I heard Rob Monster on a DNAcad social refer to the BLM movement and equate it to commerce in Africa, but
not sure if I have ever seen Epik stand up for the Black Lives Matter Movement. Namesilo did. GoDaddy did. The bloom firm did. Yeah, and I'm the one doing the devil's work as one Epik VP had told me.
#SMH
Who am I to Judge? I am nobody. Just a nut. So PLEASE form your OWN opinion!
IF Tweets were any indication of social statements, then here's what we'd see.
Search results from @EpikDotCom twitter:
#
Black Lives Matter = 0
#
BlackLivesMatter = 0
#
BLM = 2 (from 2016 advertising BLM.Land for $999
# Nigeria = 3
1)
Epik training in Nigeria based on DomainGraduate.com
2)
Epik thanking TransferWise for helping facilitate a Nigeria Payout
3)
Epik promoting TransferWise as a way to clear payments to Nigeria in Naira.
# Black = 11
1) BlackFriday
2) BlackFriday
3) BlackFriday
4)
A 2019 tweet marketing Anonymize as "The Black Panther of the domain Industry"
Does Epik think the folks behind Black Panther appreciate how Anonymize services are behind used?
5) BlackFriday
6) BlackFriday
7) BlackFriday
8) BlackFriday
9) BlackFriday
10)
A 2014 tweet that says, "An old proverb says... Every white has its black, and every sweet its sour.
11)
A 2010 tweet that says, "Domain Traffic May Be Black Gold, but Domain Development is the Alchemist’s Stone- Awesome article!
@DotSauce
<<<>>>
For calibration:
Here's
@GoDaddy:
# Black Lives Matter = 0
# BlackLivesMatter = 0
# Nigeria = 0
# Black = 65
1)
Support of Black Entrepreneurs
2)
Stands By the entire Black Community (notes only 4% employee are black)
3)
Black Out Tuesday Support
4)
Expresses Support to Black Community
5)
Stands with Black Community
6)
Stands With Black Entrepreneurs, our Black Employees, and the entire Black Community
7)
Proud to Support the Black Community
8) (December 2nd, 2019)
Black Friday
9) Black Friday
10) Black Friday
11) Black Friday
12) Black Friday
13) Black Friday
14) BlackFriday
<not going to do the whole 65 list. Nothing significant or related caught my eye.)
<<<>>>
Here's
@Dynadot:
# Nigeria = 0
# BlackLivesMatter = 0
# Black = All about marketing and/or a black cat.
<<<>>>
Here's
@namesilo:
#BlackLivesMatter = 1
<<<>>>
Here's @PorkBun:
#BlackLivesMatter = 1
<<<>>>
Here's
@google
#BlackLivesMatter = 1 (from 2015)
<<<>>>
Heres @CloudFlare:
# Nigeria = 3 (2 about added locations)
#BlackLivesMatter
However...
and
LOTS of posts celebrating
#BlackHistoryMonth
<<<>>>
Heres @NetSolCares
#BlackLivesMatter = 0
# nigeria = 0
<<<>>>
Heres @NameDotCom
#BlackLivesMatter = 0
# Nigeria = 0
Lots of blackfriday tweets.
One notable Tweet
<<<>>>
I'm sure there's more. But Dinner calls (for now at least)
The point being. Everybody offers their support in different ways. Some support African countries, and make it easier for the domain industry to be inclusive to them. Others stand up for social movements. Although tweets is a poor metric, it does give some indication of whos standing for what, and when they stood.
I'm not here to judge. Just point our areas where opportunities exist to be best, or be better. All are opinions. Zoom out a second by taking a loot at the bigger picture. And reassess certain responses, and perhaps find new/existing causes to support.
Still, holding a seemingly defiant stance, and refusing to stand up (or set aside any personal or business decisions) for a greater cause is suspect to me (
#BlackLivesMatter). Nonetheless, I greatly appreciate Epiks support of Nigeria (specifically to attempt to even the playing field for Nigerian domainers to be seen as equals in the industry) and other countries who aren't as economically fortunate as the USA, and other GDP powerhouses.