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Yeah, and people don't use .com well either. But "commercial" actually is a reasonable class of site. Um, strict TLDs like .gov are misused?? What's a .gov sit
by quadrangle 11y ago
Yeah, and people don't use .com well either. But "commercial" actually is a reasonable class of site.
Um, strict TLDs like .gov are misused?? What's a .gov site that isn't a government site? That is actually regulated…
.io is a stupid TLD name (except for actual Indian Ocean sites). I think what bugs me is "some technological tie" — wut? It's not anything. Input/Output isn't a nifty technological idea even.
Re: squatters: they could squat on any TLD. The only reason they squat on .com or .net is because you want it. Now, they will start squatting on .io because people want that. I don't see the difference.
- pki 11y agoI'd argue that maybe things like http://davisut4health.gov/ http://davisut4health.gov/ and http://bart.gov http://bart.gov might not properly belong under .gov?
- duskwuff 11y agoBART, the Bay Area Rapid Transit light-rail line, is perfectly appropriate as a .GOV site. It's administrated as a branch of the California government, with a Board of Directors elected by residents of the area they serve. I don't know what davisut4health.gov was, but right now it just appears to be an alternative URL for the Davis County Library. (And oddly enough, your post appears to be the only reference to this domain on the Internet!)
- mynameisvlad 11y agoYou misread, I said .gov is a strict TLD, as in you need to be some sort of government agency to get one. Although that's washy as well, but not to the extent that .com/net/org/io are. Ha, let's be honest, they will always squat com and net first as long as they're the most popular TLDs, which I don't see changing anytime soon.
- quadrangle 11y agoAh, indeed, sorry for my misreading