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By: John A.

John A. — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:45:19 +0000

One of the few new TLD’s that will work is .gay.

This extension is needed because of the unique nature of that community.

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By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:10:36 +0000

Jeffrey – “Most important, let the users decide if they want these specific channels or not”

I’m fine with that. But I think it’s clear that multiple domains create confusion. The cable example doesn’t work for me…that’s like just having another domain name under .com for the NHL channel. Instead, what we’re dealing with is “The NHL Channel is channel 125.” I go to channel 125 on my TV and it’s not there. “Oh, it’s channel 125 on frequency 36″.

By: Dave Wrixon aka Rubber Duck

Dave Wrixon aka Rubber Duck — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:36:20 +0000

Hmmm….

Doesn’t take much to confuse some people!

By: Brady R.

Brady R. — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:43:13 +0000

FYI, Kevin’s name links to a .info website.

By: Kevin Ohashi

Kevin Ohashi — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:13:32 +0000

@Elliot Noss: how would corporate TLDs really benefit Tucows? Let’s hear some uses and why new gTLDs is the solution.

@question: confusion is good? That is probably the worst thing possible on the internet. I would argue most of the internet’s problems are due to confusion (spam – confused source, viruses – what is this pictures.jpg.exe? etc). Your final argument hurts your initial, if we navigate differently why do we need new gTLDs? Your examples suggest we really don’t need them at all.

It’s all just a giant money grab with no innovation/benefit going on. Domains are an identifier, there is nothing innovative going on that couldn’t be done otherwise. Did Twitter need a .twitter for what is being labeled by some as a new protocol (checkout YCombinator RFCs)? Nope.

I also can’t take Antony’s arguments seriously anymore after this article http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090923_61_businesses_tell_icann_new_top_level_domains_are_needed/

There is most certainly confusion even today about the relatively small number of gTLDs (I agree ccTLDs are a different issue which sometimes overlap on ones like .tv). People cannot even get .com by itself figured out. Look how many typos are wwwwebsite.com or websitecom.com.