u/Adventure_Guide

LocalSEO here. I manage about 50 client websites in my downtime. 30 of them hosted on namecheap due to the limited budget of specific clients or clients looking to dip their toes in without going big on a VPS. All 30 of the websites have been down since 8:35 AM Eastern. Not only this, but right this moment, Namecheap services are down so bad that they're factually moving all of their support staff to X.com and redirecting their domains like privateemail.com to their X.com profile. This is unprecidented levels of failure and incompetence. They are also actively deleting blog posts related the the current DDOS on all of their social media networks including reddit.

I've contact all of my clients and let them know the situation and that I'll be footing the bill for migrating all domains away from Namecheap once their servers come back up, if they ever do.

At my wit's end. Every single video on youtube about the bum ditty technique teaches it a different way. Strum, dont strum, come down at an angle, your finger should rest on the next string, your finger shouldnt rest on the next string, etc - every last bit of it is conflicting.

"youre going to want to bring your hand in towards the banjo and not down like a strum" *proceeds to strum down*

cant even get started because literally every other video is different. its like people are just making it up as they go along.

some say single string, brush, then 5th string is the bum ditty

others say brush brush then 5th string is the bum ditty

this is literally the worst thing in the world plus there isnt another human near me that i can watch in the real world to evaluate their angle of attack, direction, etc

this is literally the worst thing in the world.

edit: yes its a folk instrument, but it's also taught in conservatories and music schools like Berkeley, etc - i highly doubt the instructors are like "yeah, just do whatever feels comfortable, its a folk instrument" - i'd like to get serious about the instrument, not just wing it, learn incorrectly, and have to re-learn the correct way.

- no banjo players within driving distance or i would already be taking in-person lessons.
- tunefox, truefire, and artistsworks once again, all conflict in regard to clawhammer, bum ditty nonsense
- youtube is youtube

Namecheap is down and lying to customers. Beware LocalSEO.

All of Namecheap is down, again. Something's up.

Bum Ditty Nonsense