| ▲ | ionwake 5 days ago |
| yes blame. ofcourse it matters. tld use to be good insight into the purpose of the website. IE, google.com, or wikipedia.org |
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| ▲ | justusthane 5 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| With some exceptions (.gov, .edu, for example), it has never actually meant anything. Anyone can register a .com, .net, or .org for any purpose. |
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| ▲ | hakfoo 5 days ago | parent [-] | | I thought com/net/org had distinct use cases until the early 1990s when it became a free-for-all. | | |
| ▲ | 9dev 4 days ago | parent [-] | | That was the idea, but from my memory, people chose their own meaning and conventions pretty much from the start. So much about the internet was envisioned with a completely different use case than what it actually was used for, it’s amazing things even kinda worked out in the end. |
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| ▲ | jrflowers 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Those tlds still exist. The existence of butts.adult doesn’t create confusion about oxfam.org |
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| ▲ | portaouflop 5 days ago | parent [-] | | You misled me, butts.adult does in fact not exist. | | |
| ▲ | jrflowers 4 days ago | parent [-] | | Oh wow. That seems like an oversight. Somebody with $400 to burn could either support or refute my point on this matter |
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