GoDaddy CEO shoots elephant!

[Mark]

Pretty bizarre really. Bob Parsons shoots an elephant in Africa and posts video on his blog with all the villagers wearing GoDaddy hats!

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/godaddy-ceo-shoots-elephant-injures-brand-20110401-1co0o.html

Almost seems like an April Fools stunt! He's not exactly shy for controversial publicity anyway...

 

[James]

Saw this in the morning, what an idiot....

Why not make some adequate fencing in the village with all your money bob, not going to kill all the animals...

 

[payattention]

I don't see what the big issue is. Sure, it's a total PR disaster but the villagers butchered the elephant and used it as food, it didn't go to waste. They've probably been eating Babar for thousands of years. Bob Parsons is loco so this doesn't surprise me, probably filmed and uploaded it online for this specific reaction.

 

[Ash]

I think it will end up just being an April Fool's prank.

 

[Oz.]

Saw that mentioned on Facebook a few days ago. Very surprised to see it picked up in The Age/SMH as well.

 

[Drop.com.au]

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Cheers

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[Ash]

I stand corrected... didn't bother to read the article/watch the video.

That's disgraceful!

 

[James]

I don't see what the big issue is. Sure, it's a total PR disaster but the villagers butchered the elephant and used it as food, it didn't go to waste. They've probably been eating Babar for thousands of years. Bob Parsons is loco so this doesn't surprise me, probably filmed and uploaded it online for this specific reaction.

The thing I feel bad is that elephants really have feelings, they remember things for years.

If he wanted to do good for the brand go put every one in Godaddy hats and go give them a bunch of food you paid for, you don't need to run out and kill a bunch of near endangered animals to feed people.

It just gives me the feeling that if these guys are acting like cowboys with real world, what is to say they are going to act like a cowboy with my domains.

I mean they already do dodgy shit with buying .com's/nets of your domains and trying to push them at crazy inflated prices...