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Re: The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

ThePhysicist wrote: post #16

One TLD that stands out from the rest is .HIV: -It's the first TLD ever bought by a non-profit initiative: http://www.dothiv.org (based in Berlin, Germany) -Their goal is to create the "red ribbon" of the digital age -Revenues generated through the sale of these domains will be used to raise funds in support of projects that fight HIV -Companies that buy .hiv addresses can pledge to donate a given amount of money to…

>It's the first TLD ever bought by a non-profit initiative

Really? I can think of at least one other, .scot, and there are surely plenty more.

Re: The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Post by jamesbritt »

eropple wrote: post #36
thaumasiotes wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not advocating this, but you could always have cheap registration for a .poverty domain, or some such.

I'll bet you just don't understand why the tech crowd is becoming vilified in San Francisco, too.

I'd really like to think it was a clever, self-aware, parody comment.

(The "I'm not advocating this" part seems to weaken this, though. )

Re: The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Post by tunap »

icebraining wrote: post #23
thaumaturgy wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> With uncommon domain extensions I always fear that they might jack up the rates at some point in the future, going from $20/year to $250/year or even more. I sincerely wish that this would happen with all domain registrations. Maybe not $250/yr, but $100/yr would be OK. It wouldn't bother anybody that owns a few domains for business or even personal use. It would slow down spamming techniques that rely on registeri…

You should travel a little, even if virtually ;) $100/yr is a lot of money for millions of people.

"You should travel a little, even if virtually ;) $100/yr is a lot of money for millions billions of people."

Sorry for the FTFY, validity of your comment understated by a large magnitude.

Re: The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Post by tunap »

glenstein wrote: post #22
wesleyac wrote: post #15

Whenever people talk about new tlds, I always think mostly about names like google.con or googl.ecom. Yeah, yeah, it's cool that you can get some awesome tld, but I don't see the point. What's wrong with .com/org/net?

I would invert the question. What's wrong with more options? The thing that really strikes me every time the new TLD subject comes up, is that there's always a percentage of people who want to forbid creation of certain TLDs for unpredictable, idiosyncratic reasons.

"What's wrong with more options?" Linux distro/desktop/display protocol forks come to mind...

This feels(IMHO) like more noise coming on the line for registrar profit goodness, marginal benefit to registrants & a flood of bad choices(one-offs/deliberate mimicks/etc) for the rest of the unwary netizens.

Re: The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Post by Retric »

glenstein wrote: post #31
Retric wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Automatic spam filters and search engines are going to down rank them heavily. It's hard to automatically evaluate domain names such as xkcd but anything under .ecom is probably trash.

That's supposed to be a reason for forbidding it? Anybody could have any number of reasons for wanting a particular domain. Maybe someone will make the next del.icio.us? Maybe a TLD you don't like completes a word or phrase that makes a good brand, or is part of the next big viral trend that goes on to shape our culture in ways we wouldn't have anticipated. Maybe people are just okay with being penalized by search en…

I was not suggesting that we should ban those domain names. However, using one is probably a bad idea, which makes adding them a waste of time. In the end there being added because companies know they can sell those domain names not because there useful.

A more useful option IMO is to have things default to .com if someone does not enter a domain name like how you can avoid country codes or area codes when dialing long distance.

However, by adding a huge list of TLD's your removing that option. Even worse while .edu means something WTF does .cow or .zzl mean? At best there is simply going to be another .com land grab except now seeing yourbank.bank or yourbank.bnk does not mean it's actually yourbank.

So yea, I do think it's a bad idea.

Re: The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Post by johnchristopher »

StuntPope wrote: post #5
computer wrote: post #4

With uncommon domain extensions I always fear that they might jack up the rates at some point in the future, going from $20/year to $250/year or even more. Still, my personal site and email is on a fairly obscure country TLD, and I hope they will never do something like that, being a country and all. With these new TLDs for which companies paid large amounts of money, who knows what might happen? Does anyone know if…

.TV was close, they launched and segregated a bunch of domains off as "premium" and charged inflated prices. Then there was (IIRC) an episode where they wanted to renew a bunch of landrush domains at "premium" prices. They also don't allow "premium" domains to switch registrars. The new .WED rules are crazy. Year 3 renewal is $25,000. They think the next "Brad and Janet" want to be able to use BradAndJanet.WED for th…

That might work out for bradandangelina though :]

Re: The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Post by thaumaturgy »

eropple wrote: post #18
thaumaturgy wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> With uncommon domain extensions I always fear that they might jack up the rates at some point in the future, going from $20/year to $250/year or even more. I sincerely wish that this would happen with all domain registrations. Maybe not $250/yr, but $100/yr would be OK. It wouldn't bother anybody that owns a few domains for business or even personal use. It would slow down spamming techniques that rely on registeri…

Are you kidding? I know, and in the past have hosted, portfolios for a number of artists. People making $20k a year pre-tax. $100 is a lot to a lot of people. Comments like this are why this weird social closure that so many tech people delight in is so disturbing.

Well, this has been an enlightening thread. Free or cheap health care? HN will debate the shit out of that. Cheap domain names? Sacred cow.

There's a lot I think I could say about this. I've been a pretty poor dude in the past, and not terribly wealthy now, even if it is in one of the richest countries in the world.

But I don't expect I could have a good conversation about it here.

Re: The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Post by [deleted] »

thaumaturgy wrote: post #49
eropple wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you kidding? I know, and in the past have hosted, portfolios for a number of artists. People making $20k a year pre-tax. $100 is a lot to a lot of people. Comments like this are why this weird social closure that so many tech people delight in is so disturbing.

Well, this has been an enlightening thread. Free or cheap health care? HN will debate the shit out of that. Cheap domain names? Sacred cow. There's a lot I think I could say about this. I've been a pretty poor dude in the past, and not terribly wealthy now, even if it is in one of the richest countries in the world. But I don't expect I could have a good conversation about it here.

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