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   Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 09-Sep-2024 13:08:20 JST Nathan Schneider

   It's bonkers that in 2024 you still have websites like kamalaharris.com using .com. Wha? You're admitting a political campaign is a commercial enterprise? Now there's .vote for instance. Or even just .info, one of the earliest (and totally underutilized) TLDs.

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     Jeff Forcier (bitprophet@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 09-Sep-2024 13:57:55 JST Jeff Forcier

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     @ntnsndr bold of you to assume the average voter has any clue whatsoever that .com was originally intended to imply commercial interests, as opposed to “it’s that thing websites end in” 😂

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     Paco Hope #resist (paco@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 13:06:10 JST Paco Hope #resist

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     @ntnsndr Admitting? Does anything suggest that it ISN’T a commercial enterprise?
     (a) it is a private legal entity, not public.
     (b) the web site’s number one job is raising money for that company
     (c) they must at least own that domain, else a squatter will do silly things with it

     The meaning of .com was lost decades ago. You may be surprised to know that many domains that end in .rodeo are not literally about rodeos. And .co domains have nothing to do with Colombia just like .tv domains rarely have anything to do with Tuvalu.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 13:06:10 JST Nathan Schneider

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     I guess I still just wish the world made sense sometimes.