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Username:	dtobias
Date/Time:	Wed, October 3, 2001 at 9:43 PM GMT
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Subject:	Misuse of .com
Message:
I know all sorts of dumbass marketing types are abusing .com for sites that really belong in .org, .gov, .mil, etc...  it makes me angry.  I have a "Hall of Shame" page to highlight some of the more idiotic misuses of domain names such as people using blatantly incorrect endings or registering craploads of useless domains for sites that would make more sense as logically structured subdomains.  See the link below.
Link:	Dan's Domain Site: Hall of Shame

Message Thread:

• It's not that hard — Lottery Winner, October 3 @ 8:17 PM (2/21)
• Toll Free Prefixes...they illustrate the point you're making... — Ron_Bennett, October 3 @ 9:19 PM (2/4)
• Misuse of .com — dtobias, October 3 @ 9:43 PM (1/1)
• Blame the negligent registrars and not end users... — psbyowner, October 3 @ 11:48 PM (0/0)
• You wish — gunky, October 3 @ 9:28 PM (1/1)
• You are obviously high on .info — Lottery Winner, October 3 @ 9:58 PM (0/0)
• You miss the point — challenge, October 3 @ 8:35 PM (3/15)
• It would be interesting to see — Elvis, October 3 @ 10:10 PM (0/0)
• Should the Fortune 500 move from .com to .biz ?? — Lottery Winner, October 3 @ 9:31 PM (3/12)
• And your point being? — challenge, October 3 @ 10:41 PM (2/8)
• point is: New TLDs foster confusion, dilution, and disputes. — Lottery Winner, October 3 @ 11:55 PM (1/6)
• moronic analysis — gunky, October 4 @ 12:45 AM (1/5)
• 350,000 domains so far say new TLDs ARE NEEDED — spot, October 4 @ 12:53 AM (1/4)
• Matching their dot coms or hoping to make $, not needed at all — Lottery Winner, October 4 @ 1:12 AM (1/3)
• I agree most aren't, except for INFO, here is why — challenge, October 4 @ 1:39 AM (1/2)
• Good Ideas - .info seems promising — Lottery Winner, October 4 @ 2:16 AM (1/1)
• Time will tell — challenge, October 4 @ 2:35 AM (0/0)
• Thats right — gunky, October 3 @ 10:44 PM (0/0)
• Now you are getting a clue — gunky, October 3 @ 10:33 PM (0/0)
• We must establish the identity — Srana, October 3 @ 8:53 PM (0/0)

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