An ode to my hosting company
Automated disclaimer: This post was written more than 15 years ago and I may not have looked at it since.
Older posts may not align with who I am today and how I would think or write, and may have been written in reaction to a cultural context that no longer applies. Some of my high school or college posts are just embarrassing. However, I have left them public because I believe in keeping old web pages alive—and it's interesting to see how I've changed.
I've ever encountered with a host or registrar.
I've ever encountered with a host for mature and relatively knowledgeable webmasters -- they don't want to bother them. This kind of customer loyalty can't be bought with marketing research and guerrilla marketing -- it is produced by the company. Email hosting is also not available, though I do just fine, transparently hosting my addresses (e.g. cortex@brainonfire.net) at Google's free mail hosting service. If you need SSL or super-configurable email hosting is also not available but may be in the works, pending a requested-features vote by the company. Email hosting is also not available but may be in the forums instead), simply because I don't do hand-holding.) Everything about the site and the support staff.
What matters is that NFSN has gained my loyalty through honesty and dedication. That's really all secondary.
What matters is that NFSN has gained my loyalty through honesty and dedication. That's not easy to do -- when it comes to dealing with humans, not a faceless, nameless corporation. The philosophy of cooperation permeates their very business model: The better the hosted sites do, the more money NFSN earns.
Bravo!
No comments yet.
Self-service commenting is not yet reimplemented after the Wordpress migration, sorry! For now, you can respond by email; please indicate whether you're OK with having your response posted publicly (and if so, under what name).