“Avoid Buying New Domain Extensions” Says Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
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Re: “Avoid Buying New Domain Extensions” Says Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
#2Please use the original title.
Re: “Avoid Buying New Domain Extensions” Says Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
#3This is sensible. Also the established TLDs seem to have a larger clue stick. Look at the recent .io domain shenanigans: https://thehackerblog.com/the-io-error-taking-control-of-all...
Re: “Avoid Buying New Domain Extensions” Says Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
#4This is sensible. Also the established TLDs seem to have a larger clue stick. Look at the recent .io domain shenanigans: https://thehackerblog.com/the-io-error-taking-control-of-all...
The market for the new gTLDs is consolidating. They're not a one-man shop, like .io was. Donuts Inc. secured a $100mm in funding, for example.
The namespace is wide open. You can get cheap names which look great, are easy to say, short, & memorable. Brand names. Keyword rich. They may not be the best for some markets, given. For forward-thinking demographics, the inverse is probably true. They're not going away. There're more coming. Large companies use them.
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#5This is sensible. Also the established TLDs seem to have a larger clue stick. Look at the recent .io domain shenanigans: https://thehackerblog.com/the-io-error-taking-control-of-all...
The .io domain has been around since the 1990s. It is well established.
Re: “Avoid Buying New Domain Extensions” Says Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
#6Can we just have a successor to the current dns system that isn't owned and controlled by the US already?
Re: “Avoid Buying New Domain Extensions” Says Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
#7Can we just have a successor to the current dns system that isn't owned and controlled by the US already?
Sure, just create it and convince other people to use it.
Re: “Avoid Buying New Domain Extensions” Says Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
#8Please use the original title.
Looks like the person who submitted the post has an axe to grind. Found this in their comment history:
'Agreed. Name/Enom support has gone to complete sh*t. They are putting all the money into marketing crap new TLDs.'
I own a few new gTLD's. That's why I know about them. So I'm not unbias. What I would recommend is, do your own research! Figure out what makes a good domain. What makes sense in your particular situation. I don't think I can be fairer in my evaluation than that!
Re: “Avoid Buying New Domain Extensions” Says Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
#9Can we just have a successor to the current dns system that isn't owned and controlled by the US already?
What do you think about ENS - Ethereum Naming System?
Of all the attempts at making an alternate name resolution system, Ethereum's ENS seem to have the most amount of interest and investment going in.
Re: “Avoid Buying New Domain Extensions” Says Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
#10This is sensible. Also the established TLDs seem to have a larger clue stick. Look at the recent .io domain shenanigans: https://thehackerblog.com/the-io-error-taking-control-of-all...
I don't think you can compare .io, a ccTLD, with the new gTLDs. It's apples and oranges.