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Desirable domains are by definition scarce -- there is not enough of them to go round to those who desire them. The current approach is essentially saying "if
by sah2ed 8y ago
Desirable domains are by definition scarce -- there is not enough of them to go round to those who desire them.
The current approach is essentially saying "if you really desire domain X badly, put your money where your mouth is".
Do you have an alternative proposal on how these desirable domains could be allocated more efficiently?
- paultopia 8y ago"Efficiently" is a concept defined only by your target. If your target is economic value, then, sure this kind of auction does a pretty good job at allocating efficiently with respect to it. If your target is something like desire-satisfaction, or promoting novelty/creative use, then it might be worth trying to think about ways to preferentially allocate to people willing to put in more effort too, or, e.g., introduce some kind of lottery system for some domains for non-commercial uses.
- cobbzilla 8y agoIn what units do you measure "desire-satisfaction" and "promoting creative use"? How do you know that an outcome was optimal?