https://kiwifarms.net/threads/dreamhost-is-terminating-my-account.94840/#post-9420467
I opened my Dreamhost account over 12 years ago, in April 2009, and registered my first domain name at 16 with birthday money I had saved up. Dreamhost has been the registrar of kiwifarms dot net for its entire existence. Despite the problems we've faced in just the recent past, and despite all the services that we've had to find replacements for over the years, Dreamhost has - shockingly - been the only company to not fail in their role of providing basic Internet resources without senseless moderation for that entire time. This was not an easy job for them, and from what I understand, Dreamhost had their own customer support reply template for complaints related to our domain because the volume of complaints was numerous enough to warrant it.
Despite no evidence what so ever of any harassment towards Byuu, or even a confirmation of Byuu's suicide, the coordinated harassment campaign led by Hector Martin against Cloudflare and Dreamhost has yielded positive results in that Dreamhost is no longer our domain registrar. This sets an incredibly dangerous precedent and walks the Internet further down the path of oblivion. More of the Internet's underpinnings are consolidating, and what few companies remain independent are becoming more worthless and pussified by the minute.
I have written more on this topic here:
https://madattheinternet.com/2021/07/08/where-the-sidewalk-ends-the-death-of-the-internet/
Despite this shortcoming, Dreamhost has given me 14 days to move my domains over to someplace else and I am working on that now.
The path forward is getting narrower and more expensive.
If you're going to suggest replacements, do not suggest the following: GoDaddy, Gandi, Epik
We're on Cloudflare now but I'm not particularly happy about this because it creates a bigger single point of failure.
I opened my Dreamhost account over 12 years ago, in April 2009, and registered my first domain name at 16 with birthday money I had saved up. Dreamhost has been the registrar of kiwifarms dot net for its entire existence. Despite the problems we've faced in just the recent past, and despite all the services that we've had to find replacements for over the years, Dreamhost has - shockingly - been the only company to not fail in their role of providing basic Internet resources without senseless moderation for that entire time. This was not an easy job for them, and from what I understand, Dreamhost had their own customer support reply template for complaints related to our domain because the volume of complaints was numerous enough to warrant it.
Despite no evidence what so ever of any harassment towards Byuu, or even a confirmation of Byuu's suicide, the coordinated harassment campaign led by Hector Martin against Cloudflare and Dreamhost has yielded positive results in that Dreamhost is no longer our domain registrar. This sets an incredibly dangerous precedent and walks the Internet further down the path of oblivion. More of the Internet's underpinnings are consolidating, and what few companies remain independent are becoming more worthless and pussified by the minute.
I have written more on this topic here:
https://madattheinternet.com/2021/07/08/where-the-sidewalk-ends-the-death-of-the-internet/
Despite this shortcoming, Dreamhost has given me 14 days to move my domains over to someplace else and I am working on that now.
The path forward is getting narrower and more expensive.
If you're going to suggest replacements, do not suggest the following: GoDaddy, Gandi, Epik
We're on Cloudflare now but I'm not particularly happy about this because it creates a bigger single point of failure.
