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I wonder if it would have been seen as a sign of prestige for startups if yc had become a domain provider for .yc

• dmurray 4y ago
  Two-letter TLDs are reserved for countries. IANA has a slightly more generous definition of country than the UN, but they're still not generally available. Definitely a nerd status symbol if you can get your hands on one!
  • 908B64B197 4y ago
    Honestly that was a bad decision and it's time to end it. Nobody uses those for their intended "national country" use. .io and .ai are tech-focused, .tv pretty much only has tv stations or video providers on it and so on.
    • dmurray 4y ago
      > Nobody uses those for their intended "national country" use. Most of them do? I'm sure most .fr or .jp properties are operating in the French or Japanese markets. A handful of them (mostly the ones you list) have become trendy in other niches or provide opportunities for puns.
    • Symbiote 4y ago
      Most countries except the USA have their local domain in general usage. Even the "hacks". Search "site:.ai Anguilla" for examples. You obviously be little reason to visit websites of Anguillan restaurants, government, telecoms, tourism etc but they exist. Within Anguilla it's a small signal of a local business.
• fourseventy 4y ago
  Two letter tlds are reserved for countries