lol

Good one bro. You made me laugh. So because of that…

Here is your Holiday gift coupon from “the” source:

“Domain Investor, I apologize for being wrong and I thank you for showing me the proper path.”

This coupon is redeemable at anytime, regardless if you’re wrong, which is most the time… heh heh… j/k bro

Happy Holidays everyone

I prove him wrong all of the time but he has never apologized !!!

Just kidding. I find myself agreeing with Stephen more often than not.

Andrew,
You do a great job covering the domain industry. I’m often surprised how quickly you post breaking news.

Plus, I rarely spot any mistyped words.

I also find that I visit DNW a number of times a day. Most of the time to see all of the intelligent comments to your articles.
I learn a lot from all of the posted comments (except Stephen’s).

Did somebody mention my name in the same sentence as “Thoughtful” and even “gotta luv the guy?” — wow! So writing 3,885 posts on DNW has finally paid off! Thx guys, that’s nice of you to say.

Seriously, I agree with Dub-A. It’s hard to write your opinion, knowing you’re putting yourself out in the public to possibly deal with hateful responses, mostly from people with thinner skin than you.

This is a big topic to discuss for active and conscientious domainers. I think Dub-A has made a great point regarding posting your opinion on articles and making comments where some other poster doesn’t agree. Avoiding the “personal attacks” is easy if you identify yourself and state your case, watching your spelling and grammar, and think logically because it forces you to know how far you will push the boundaries.

My problem is that I go for the jugular if someone gets personal. I will gladly go toe-to-toe in a flame war with anyone, because I will embarrass them with words, without having to go personal if I can help it. If they prove me wrong, I’ll gladly admit it and apologize, because as Dub-A says: ” …disagreements are important for discourse”. You can’t let it get to you, and you can’t stop writing if you think your message is correct and fair.

On my blog, if someone posts something nasty and does it anonymously, they don’t get posted. period. It’s a waste to publish their comments because readers can’t “see” who the person is and where they might be coming from. Posting anonymously places the writer in a nebulous position. No great quotation, speech, poem, or story in history was ever made by “Anonymous”, at least on purpose. This isn’t a censored-political state, yet.

My passion is fairness and justice. I’d love to see everyone happy and joyful, and I wish that was a possibility but I know it isn’t. Personal attacks and “intimidation” are several factors that bullies use to prevent someone from publishing their honest perception of facts. You can see these types of responses from people whose eyes and hearts are blinded by greed, manipulated opportunity, and the power they have become addicted to, (or just plain self-loathing.)

Even SILENCE is a sign of arrogance regarding many legitimate, well-explained complaints. (We all can think of two or three companies who we have legitimate complaints about but who never respond, don’t care, and don’t need to care. A good dose of “legal recommendations” have most likely been made to them, and no domainer making millions sliding quietly in the nether zones of ethical business practices wants to “join in” when they’re being called to the mat. No response usually means “yeah, maybe, maybe not, but we don’t care because we’ll just wait until it blows over and keep dumping cash in the bank”).

Dub-A, by his efforts, consistently tries to provide objective and honest information for the domaining crowd. Sometimes that information will step on some people’s toes.

It’s not easy to take a stand against the arrogance of any powerful domainer and even non-domainers (reverse hijackers) who think they’ll get away with their chicanery. In too many ways, we let them.

Speak out, use your name, and your voice can be a weapon for justice. Go Dub-A.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Your post reminds me of a funny quote from filmmaker Leon Marr who I first heard speak in the 80′s and have never forgotten:

“Everyone’s entitled to their wrong opinion.”

;+)

Happy holidays!

Admittedly I learned this the hard way. But…it’s a good lesson.