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		gav on April 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tim Berners-Lee: we don't need arbitrary new TLDs The main disadvantage of extending the TLD space is that it is a tax on existing domain owners. If you register a .com, you have to be safe and pick up the .net, .org, .info, .biz, etc.

mistercow on April 21, 2012 [–]

>If you register a .com, you have to be safe and pick up the .net, .org, .info, .biz, etc.

This is a rookie mistake. Nobody in the history of the internet has accidentally typed ".biz" instead of ".com" and gotten to the wrong website as a result.

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