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> Out of curiosity, why did you put your blog on the .xxx domain? Maybe it helps to point out how silly it is to filter based on the TLD.
by nfoz 11y ago
> Out of curiosity, why did you put your blog on the .xxx domain?
Maybe it helps to point out how silly it is to filter based on the TLD.
- knieveltech 11y agoOr underlines how silly it is to use a TLD ostensibly intended for porn sites for a blog.
- herge 11y agoWould you prefer .com? Or .org?
- knieveltech 11y ago30 years ago .com may have been intended specifically for commercial purposes but that is buried underneath three decades of use as a generic catch-all TLD and as such using it communicates almost nothing about the site in question. .org is by convention and usage largely reserved for nonprofit organizations. As such use of .org (intentionally or otherwise) communicates that the website in question is for a nonprofit. xxx is, at merely 4 years old, brand spanking new. There hasn't been time for intent and practice to diverge meaningfully, ergo it's perfectly reasonable to assume a site that uses the .xxx tld is in fact a porn site.
- s1lver 11y agoIn much the same was as io meaning input output and not an island!
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]
- phpnode 11y agopretty sure the only point of the .xxx TLD (aside from it being yet another source of income for ICANN of course), is that it clearly signals that the content is NSFW. It is totally reasonable for certain organisations to block it.
- cbd1984 11y agoEven when that was the original sole purpose of the TLD?