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> I have a domain name with the TLD of "today". I don't like the pollution of the global namespace. If someone thinks, there should be a domain named today, f
by 1718627440 3mo ago
> I have a domain name with the TLD of "today".
I don't like the pollution of the global namespace. If someone thinks, there should be a domain named today, fine, but don't put it in the global namespace by creating a new TLD. DNS is a hierarchical structure, there is no reason domains should all be only 4 segments long. Arguable 'com.' should have really been 'com.us.', but that's history.
- DaSHacka 3mo agoFrom a technical perspective I agree, but from a practicality perspective .com is way too full already, and if not for the alternative TLDs that crop up (.tech, .dev, etc) I would never have been able to get a personal site that's memorable and short.
- 1718627440 2mo agoBut you could have the same with 'tech.com.' or 'tech.us.'?
- madamelic 2mo agoI mean sure, if you can convince whoever holds it to sell and also have at least a few million dollars to burn.
- inigyou 2mo agoThe gTLD scam actually decreased global namespace pollution. You used to register .com .org and .net so nobody else could claim the same name as you (nobody cared about other TLDs). Now with the proliferation of TLDs you can just pick a name and there's a good chance it's available under at least one TLD.
- 1718627440 2mo ago> there's a good chance it's available under at least one TLD. So more similar names unsorted in random locations in the tree. Aka. more pollution. We seem to have a different idea of the concept of pollution.
- inigyou 2mo agoNamespace pollution is when all the good names are squatted.