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I betcha this project would have more legitimacy if it were hosted on Kickstarter, which previously raised tons of money for Diaspora. What this really highlights to me is that the web needs a well-made transaction service that is geared toward contingent pledges -- essentially, you pledge money contingent on, say, some minimum total raised, and if the goal isn't hit, you get your money back. Currently, the major cre…
Can anyone explain why ICANN is charging $185K? Where did they get this number from and why is it so high? Something about paying so much for something that I feel should cost next to nothing to produce seems like a scam. I really can't wait for the day when the DNS is open and distrubuted so one central body (or Verisign) can't have a monopoly on a public good.
They're also a non-profit organization, and they seek the fees to support all the copyright arbitration and legal wrangling that will eventually ensue over the new TLDs.
I use ".me" for my personal domain/email and I still get strange looks about this TLD from anyone outside the tech community. E.g. I give my email address to a clerk at a clothing store and I have to convince him that .me is a valid domain ending. This makes me think it will take a while before it makes sense for companies to embrace the new anything-TLDs as their main web presence. The last thing you want to do is c…
Yeah, I would've bought a .name if I was confident that people wouldn't be confused. On the other hand, I don't quite see the purpose of a new TLD for websites, it's pretty clear that nobody types URLs anymore. Sure, it's a new namespace, so you can choose the name you want, but on the other hand, colliding with a .com can cause confusion in searches, so I wouldn't risk it.
There needs to be some disclosure regarding the team behind the initiative. Who am I trusting with my money? Put a list of team members on the site, links to their linkedin/twitter etc.
We have been caught on the hop somewhat by how popular this has been.
I'm the point man on this - Matthew Baxter-Reynolds, http://about.me/mbrit, @mbrit and mabr@dotappapp.com.
There needs to be some disclosure regarding the team behind the initiative. Who am I trusting with my money? Put a list of team members on the site, links to their linkedin/twitter etc.
This is an excellent comment - we'll fix this next week. We have been caught on the hop somewhat by how popular this has been. I'm the point man on this - Matthew Baxter-Reynolds, http://about.me/mbrit , @mbrit and mabr@dotappapp.com.
I use ".me" for my personal domain/email and I still get strange looks about this TLD from anyone outside the tech community. E.g. I give my email address to a clerk at a clothing store and I have to convince him that .me is a valid domain ending. This makes me think it will take a while before it makes sense for companies to embrace the new anything-TLDs as their main web presence. The last thing you want to do is c…
Yeah, I would've bought a .name if I was confident that people wouldn't be confused. On the other hand, I don't quite see the purpose of a new TLD for websites, it's pretty clear that nobody types URLs anymore. Sure, it's a new namespace, so you can choose the name you want, but on the other hand, colliding with a .com can cause confusion in searches, so I wouldn't risk it.
Can anyone explain why ICANN is charging $185K? Where did they get this number from and why is it so high? Something about paying so much for something that I feel should cost next to nothing to produce seems like a scam. I really can't wait for the day when the DNS is open and distrubuted so one central body (or Verisign) can't have a monopoly on a public good.
I use ".me" for my personal domain/email and I still get strange looks about this TLD from anyone outside the tech community. E.g. I give my email address to a clerk at a clothing store and I have to convince him that .me is a valid domain ending. This makes me think it will take a while before it makes sense for companies to embrace the new anything-TLDs as their main web presence. The last thing you want to do is c…