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Re: .xxx to be a reality soon?

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Post by sigzero »

rwhitman wrote: post #7
chaosmachine wrote: post #2

I'm sure the lawmakers will love this. How soon will we see bills introduced to make it illegal to host adult sites outside of the .xxx tld?

Of course the question is what sites get the definition of 'adult'. There are nude photos on Flickr after all... And even if in the US porn isn't forced into the .xxx tld by law, for other countries they may jump on it much faster. Then of course there is the issue of a slippery slope. What other content could be forced onto certain tlds by law?

Exactly! Whose definition? How do they enforce it country to country? They are idiots.

Re: .xxx to be a reality soon?

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Post by sigzero »

Goosey wrote: post #9
datd00d wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey it puts all the bad stuff in one place right...

What exactly is 'bad' about xxx?

#1 You can't really regulate it #2 Whose definition of porn is going to be used? #3 How are you going to enforce anything?

Those add up to it being stupid idea.

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#13

Post by chasingsparks »

This may be a minority opinion, but I consider .xxx to be a reasonable new TLD. On the other hand, some already existing TLDs were just absurd. For example .aero, .coop, .biz, .info, .jobs, .mobi, .name, .pro, and .travel are difficult to justify; .xxx seems reasonable from a categorical perspective.

(Although, I agree -- it's a legislative nightmare.)

Re: .xxx to be a reality soon?

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Post by ars »

sigzero wrote: post #11
rwhitman wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course the question is what sites get the definition of 'adult'. There are nude photos on Flickr after all... And even if in the US porn isn't forced into the .xxx tld by law, for other countries they may jump on it much faster. Then of course there is the issue of a slippery slope. What other content could be forced onto certain tlds by law?

Exactly! Whose definition? How do they enforce it country to country? They are idiots.

They?

Do you realize there is no actual such law? And you are already calling "them" names for something that doesn't exist?

Re: .xxx to be a reality soon?

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Post by eru »

chasingsparks wrote: post #13

This may be a minority opinion, but I consider .xxx to be a reasonable new TLD. On the other hand, some already existing TLDs were just absurd. For example .aero, .coop, .biz, .info, .jobs, .mobi, .name, .pro, and .travel are difficult to justify; .xxx seems reasonable from a categorical perspective. (Although, I agree -- it's a legislative nightmare.)

But why .xxx instead of .porn or .sex? If you want a TLD jsut for porn, then you might as well call it that.

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Post by techiferous »

chasingsparks wrote: post #13

This may be a minority opinion, but I consider .xxx to be a reasonable new TLD. On the other hand, some already existing TLDs were just absurd. For example .aero, .coop, .biz, .info, .jobs, .mobi, .name, .pro, and .travel are difficult to justify; .xxx seems reasonable from a categorical perspective. (Although, I agree -- it's a legislative nightmare.)

"some already existing TLDs were just absurd"

My favorite is .um, for U.S. minor outlying islands, population 300. It was, um, discontinued.

Re: .xxx to be a reality soon?

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Post by chasingsparks »

eru wrote: post #15
chasingsparks wrote: post #13

This may be a minority opinion, but I consider .xxx to be a reasonable new TLD. On the other hand, some already existing TLDs were just absurd. For example .aero, .coop, .biz, .info, .jobs, .mobi, .name, .pro, and .travel are difficult to justify; .xxx seems reasonable from a categorical perspective. (Although, I agree -- it's a legislative nightmare.)

But why .xxx instead of .porn or .sex? If you want a TLD jsut for porn, then you might as well call it that.

Just history, I think: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-rated#United_States

.xxx conforms nicely to most users expectations of a three letter TLD.

Re: .xxx to be a reality soon?

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Post by astine »

chasingsparks wrote: post #13

This may be a minority opinion, but I consider .xxx to be a reasonable new TLD. On the other hand, some already existing TLDs were just absurd. For example .aero, .coop, .biz, .info, .jobs, .mobi, .name, .pro, and .travel are difficult to justify; .xxx seems reasonable from a categorical perspective. (Although, I agree -- it's a legislative nightmare.)

Objections to a "xxx" TLD seem to fall into one of two categories: That there is no way to decide which sites should be given a "xxx" domain, and that there is no way to enforce a "xxx" domain. As far as I know, there is no current plan to legislate the "xxx" domain so it would seem that it wouldn't matter. Even as an opt-in for self categorization, it can only help to make the purpose of a site more clear. Even if not universally used, it makes it a little easier to both find and avoid pornography. Chances are that what gets put under the "xxx" domain will eventually be decided organically. Personally, I think that it's likely that businesses who's explicit purpose is selling sexual content will begin to use it and websites which contain pornography only incidentally will likely avoid it.

Re: .xxx to be a reality soon?

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Post by mkramlich »

eru wrote: post #15
chasingsparks wrote: post #13

This may be a minority opinion, but I consider .xxx to be a reasonable new TLD. On the other hand, some already existing TLDs were just absurd. For example .aero, .coop, .biz, .info, .jobs, .mobi, .name, .pro, and .travel are difficult to justify; .xxx seems reasonable from a categorical perspective. (Although, I agree -- it's a legislative nightmare.)

But why .xxx instead of .porn or .sex? If you want a TLD jsut for porn, then you might as well call it that.

Well other "extreme" things like violence or gore could conceivably be expected under .xxx but not .porn

Agree though that the ever increasing number of TLD suffixes is a bit of a joke. (I think it's a scam to get more money from people, mostly, at this point.)

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