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Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by nikolay »

jbob2000 wrote: post #20
nikolay wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, so consumers make a difference between name.co, name.com, name.website, name.online, name.click, name.link? Gimme a break! This is a legalized scam and ICANN is a mafia!

It's a non-profit organization, hardly the kind of organization I would call a mafia. And yes, consumers can tell the difference between the different domain names. We already have hundreds for different countries, like .ca, .us, .uk, etc. You're really looking for a problem where there is none.

As an organization - it's a non-profit one, true, but it is its bribable members who make it a mafia. I've been in the domain business since 2000 and I know a thing or two. ICANN is a mafia, period! And nobody in the domain business has any doubt about it!

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by jbob2000 »

nikolay wrote: post #21
jbob2000 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a non-profit organization, hardly the kind of organization I would call a mafia. And yes, consumers can tell the difference between the different domain names. We already have hundreds for different countries, like .ca, .us, .uk, etc. You're really looking for a problem where there is none.

As an organization - it's a non-profit one, true, but it is its bribable members who make it a mafia. I've been in the domain business since 2000 and I know a thing or two. ICANN is a mafia, period! And nobody in the domain business has any doubt about it!

What's your solution? Because you just sound like a tin-foil hat conspiracist at this point. There has to be an organization that manages domain names, how else would they be managed?

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by fallenshell »

jbob2000 wrote: post #23
nikolay wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As an organization - it's a non-profit one, true, but it is its bribable members who make it a mafia. I've been in the domain business since 2000 and I know a thing or two. ICANN is a mafia, period! And nobody in the domain business has any doubt about it!

What's your solution? Because you just sound like a tin-foil hat conspiracist at this point. There has to be an organization that manages domain names, how else would they be managed?

This sounds more like a troll than a tin-foil hat conspiracist. Ignore it.

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by georgestephanis »

hobs wrote: post #8

I have said it before and I will say it again, the new gTLDs are just a money grab by ICANN. Not only that, but they are basically SEO black holes, no thanks!

Not a money grab. All $$ paid by the winner of the gTLD are divvied up to the losers of the auction. ICANN isn't just printing money here or pocketing the price.

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by hobs »

georgestephanis wrote: post #25
hobs wrote: post #8

I have said it before and I will say it again, the new gTLDs are just a money grab by ICANN. Not only that, but they are basically SEO black holes, no thanks!

Not a money grab. All $$ paid by the winner of the gTLD are divvied up to the losers of the auction. ICANN isn't just printing money here or pocketing the price.

I dont know where you heard that, because that is not what the ICANN wiki says: https://icannwiki.com/GTLD_Auctions

"ICANN condones private auctions, as it has encouraged applicants to resolve contention themselves, presumably through buy-outs, partnerships, and auctions. ICANN offers its own auction model as a last resort. All proceeds from gTLDs auctioned off under ICANN's auction model will go to ICANN as "excess funds" that will be redistributed at a later date, in ways that are yet to be determined.[2] "

"The first ICANN auction of last resort was concluded on 4 June 2014 for the string .信息 which had two applicants. The winning price was $600,000 US Dollars. ICANN used their authorized auction services provider Power Auctions, LLC to carry out the auctions."

So looks like you are incorrect.

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by nikolay »

fallenshell wrote: post #24
jbob2000 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's your solution? Because you just sound like a tin-foil hat conspiracist at this point. There has to be an organization that manages domain names, how else would they be managed?

This sounds more like a troll than a tin-foil hat conspiracist. Ignore it.

You're a troll - a newly created account with virtually no karma! I own thousands of domain names, and I have dealt with hundreds of domain registrars over the course of 20 years. When I say ICANN is a mafia, I know it first hand! I've reported a bunch of fraudulent registrars that stole some of my domains, and they didn't care due to that being a "customer support" issue and ignore all evidence I provided.

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by soared »

why_is_it_good wrote: post #18
nikolay wrote: post #15

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It surely is! If you have name.com/blog, now you have to buy yet another domain - name.blog. Many brands are forced to "secure" a bunch of overpriced domains! And this is what extortion is! And I said "legalized" extortion as on paper, as you say, nobody is forcing anybody, but in fact they are!

"now you have to buy" I fail to see why. Do they also have to "secure" a handle in every social media/service/website/platform that allows registration? An email account in every provider? Register their company in every country in the world?

This guy is trolling the whole thread btw.
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