Indeed, I have enjoyed working at Epik. During a transitional period, I’m staying on to finish tasks, ensure ongoing projects remain ongoing, and train my replacements. Thousands of Epik customers deserve continuity and continued progress, and they’ll get both. There is a good team at Epik even without me. I can genuinely recommend Epik as a registrar and a workplace. Rob and I disagree, but we get along fine.
Thanks
True. 100% my decision.
Well, I don’t want to turn this NamePros thread into a discussion about my decision. One blogger (Kevin Murphy) asked me for a statement regarding the choice, and I gave him one. Not sure if it will get published. Mainly, I would like to see the domain industry begin a real discussion about online censorship, learn some lessons from Epik’s / Rob’s activities in this area, and build consensus. My departure from Epik could be used as ammunition for people who want to take sides regarding Epik itself. And that’s the opposite of what I want.
I can’t even pretend to be annoyed by this comment because it’s just silly. No need for a rebuttal, since Rob doesn’t actually think this.
I have never done any “covering up” for Rob nor anybody else. Nor do I see anything being “covered up” at all. Rob has been acting in public. And I have written in public also.
People who are interested in understanding what is going on really ought to read what has been written by Rob or by me in this thread already. Rob already said he was never a Gab admin:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/wh...-and-rob-monster.1128748/page-28#post-7169404
Also, there has been extensive discussion regarding a registrar’s responsibility to police and/or censor content. Although you might believe that a registrar should act as a police force, it is not obvious nor generally accepted that a registrar should act in that way.
Thanks but no thanks. When I say anything at all on any subject, I weigh what I say very carefully to see whether it is true and fair. And I would never write anything that is “purposely distracting”. Quite an offensive insinuation from my point of view. My opinion and what I say is never for sale, and I draw the line at deceiving or distracting anybody. Anybody is free to think that I’m wrong or foolish or to complain about my “style”. But I value my integrity and take the act of writing or explaining in general as an ethical imperative.
A friend and professor of mine wrote a book on the very topic of intellectuals who make public arguments in order to dupe the public. It’s entitled المفكر الرقاصة, “The Bellydancing Thinker”. The metaphor describes a public-facing intellectual who performs a seductive dance to distract the public. I take those issues very seriously.
Really, your complaint is that I write more than you want to read. You’ve said so repeatedly. But presentation (not distraction) is my goal. My analysis of what happened with Gab / Epik / Rob or of the underlying issues of free speech, censorship, and registrar responsibility speaks for itself. Disagree if you like.