One of the most valuable things I learned in my career was to never kick your competitors when they are down. It upsets the karma gods, and makes you look like a total douchebag.
The best thing you can do right now is to reach out and offer your help, privately. Even from a selfish perspective, you'll learn a lot about the attack that is taking them down now which will help you out when the targeted customer inevitably signs up for your service.
EDIT: The parent comment was spam from Kris Beevers at NSone.
hi. i did not mean to spam or kick dnsimple, we know them and they are a great company and service. we are actively receiving inbound queries about this from folks asking for help, so thought it made sense to chime in publicly here. but you're right, i should have kept it on topic to the discussion at hand instead of offering anything else up.
you're not wrong: in this industry you never kick your competitors when they're down, everyone is subject to the same constraints, attacks, and complications. that wasn't my intention and i said so in the post.
That seems a little extreme; perhaps what he did was in poor taste, but to use karma and account age as an barometer for your business decisions seems crazy (or an arbiter in an internet catfight).
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One of the most valuable things I learned in my career was to never kick your competitors when they are down. It upsets the karma gods, and makes you look like a total douchebag.
The best thing you can do right now is to reach out and offer your help, privately. Even from a selfish perspective, you'll learn a lot about the attack that is taking them down now which will help you out when the targeted customer inevitably signs up for your service.
EDIT: The parent comment was spam from Kris Beevers at NSone.
hi. i did not mean to spam or kick dnsimple, we know them and they are a great company and service. we are actively receiving inbound queries about this from folks asking for help, so thought it made sense to chime in publicly here. but you're right, i should have kept it on topic to the discussion at hand instead of offering anything else up.
you're not wrong: in this industry you never kick your competitors when they're down, everyone is subject to the same constraints, attacks, and complications. that wasn't my intention and i said so in the post.
dsl (1402 days old, 4664 karma) - beevek (123 days old, 4 karma). beevek you just lost our business.
That seems a little extreme; perhaps what he did was in poor taste, but to use karma and account age as an barometer for your business decisions seems crazy (or an arbiter in an internet catfight).