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I suspect what the new gTLD program has really done is to make com/org/net seem even more trustworthy and premium because people can no longer keep up with the

I suspect what the new gTLD program has really done is to make com/org/net seem even more trustworthy and premium because people can no longer keep up with the influx of new gTLDs ( all 1200 of them!).

iameli 7y ago
That's fair. I'm hoping this'll become less true over time as folks get used to there being lots of TLDs.
- stubish 7y ago
  Is this happening? Actual question if there is someone here who measures this sort of thing. .io seems to have been accepted by the tech community, as the place to go when you can't get your .com or .net. Maybe .ai too. Are there any new gTLDs gaining acceptance in the wider community?
  - flxy 7y ago
    .gg has seen decent adoption in newer gaming related sites. But that's the only one I can think of right now.
    - deleted 7y ago
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    - dingaling 7y ago
      Not only is .gg expensive but phonetically awkward on the telephone, something I didn't consider when registering my main domain years ago.
      - philpem 7y ago
        Every time I see a ".gg" domain, I read it out as "gee-gee" -- a colloquial term for a horse...
  - jlokier 7y ago
    .io is an interesting example - because it is quite expensive yearly, poorer techies avoid it. So anyone who thinks .io is as good as .org is probably not price sensitive, and might be contributing to the worry that .org will go the same way eventually. .ai is even more expensive, but I haven't noticed .ai domains being used for things I visited, only heard that they are used.
  - kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
    ccTLDs are vulnerable to censorship by the country owning them.
jtl999 7y ago
I'm not generally sympathetic to the "domain investor" types, but this quote from domain investor Rick Schwartz I feel is spot on and has been my thought since "day one" of the new TLDs > "As we go into the seventh year of the new gTLD experiment, they are meaningless. They haven’t been adopted by almost anybody. Circulation is poor. So many registrations are questionable or penny-promotional. The majority are parked and not in use nor will they ever be. And 99.9% of the people on this planet could not name a single one of them! Not a one!" Full article: http://domainincite.com/25103-di-leaders-roundtable-4-big-predictions-for-2020 http://domainincite.com/25103-di-leaders-roundtable-4-big-pr...
- coldpie 7y ago
  Mostly the new gTLDs (actually I think the ccTLDs are at fault, but I'm going to whine anyway) mean I no longer know where to put the dots in a domain name. Is it CoolBanan.as? CoolBana.nas? Cool.Ban.an.as? Fuck it, I'm going to the grocery store instead.
  - jrochkind1 7y ago
    Hey, can you pick up some cool bananas for me while you're there?
    - jtl999 7y ago
      Yum
JohnFen 7y ago
I don't know about the general attitude, but I tend to view the nonstandard gTLDs as suspect, and tend to be hesitant to go to such sites.

iameli 7y ago

That's fair. I'm hoping this'll become less true over time as folks get used to there being lots of TLDs.

stubish 7y ago
Is this happening? Actual question if there is someone here who measures this sort of thing. .io seems to have been accepted by the tech community, as the place to go when you can't get your .com or .net. Maybe .ai too. Are there any new gTLDs gaining acceptance in the wider community?
- flxy 7y ago
  .gg has seen decent adoption in newer gaming related sites. But that's the only one I can think of right now.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
  - dingaling 7y ago
    Not only is .gg expensive but phonetically awkward on the telephone, something I didn't consider when registering my main domain years ago.
    - philpem 7y ago
      Every time I see a ".gg" domain, I read it out as "gee-gee" -- a colloquial term for a horse...
- jlokier 7y ago
  .io is an interesting example - because it is quite expensive yearly, poorer techies avoid it. So anyone who thinks .io is as good as .org is probably not price sensitive, and might be contributing to the worry that .org will go the same way eventually. .ai is even more expensive, but I haven't noticed .ai domains being used for things I visited, only heard that they are used.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
  ccTLDs are vulnerable to censorship by the country owning them.

jtl999 7y ago

I'm not generally sympathetic to the "domain investor" types, but this quote from domain investor Rick Schwartz I feel is spot on and has been my thought since "day one" of the new TLDs > "As we go into the seventh year of the new gTLD experiment, they are meaningless. They haven’t been adopted by almost anybody. Circulation is poor. So many registrations are questionable or penny-promotional. The majority are parked and not in use nor will they ever be. And 99.9% of the people on this planet could not name a single one of them! Not a one!" Full article: http://domainincite.com/25103-di-leaders-roundtable-4-big-predictions-for-2020 http://domainincite.com/25103-di-leaders-roundtable-4-big-pr...

coldpie 7y ago
Mostly the new gTLDs (actually I think the ccTLDs are at fault, but I'm going to whine anyway) mean I no longer know where to put the dots in a domain name. Is it CoolBanan.as? CoolBana.nas? Cool.Ban.an.as? Fuck it, I'm going to the grocery store instead.
- jrochkind1 7y ago
  Hey, can you pick up some cool bananas for me while you're there?
  - jtl999 7y ago
    Yum

JohnFen 7y ago

I don't know about the general attitude, but I tend to view the nonstandard gTLDs as suspect, and tend to be hesitant to go to such sites.