Obviously, there’s still a need for a lot of things at the international level, but a lot of what lives directly under TLDs is really stuff that’s clearly not and will not be global

Arguably contravenes the spirit of a single international network. I would be uncomfortable with the idea of further reinforcing the role of the nation state, which is arguably an invention that has already passed its expiry date.

But it’s definitely past time that the USA took its government offices out of the global namespace.

Appreciate the thoughtful reply! I can see where you’re coming from in terms of opening TLDs up creating a bunch of issues, even though I do still enjoy the more playful ones despite that.

It’s honestly a little surprising that so many have been made available given the issues it can present, but I think that’s largely a byproduct of approaching the internet less from a rigidly structured perspective and more of a loose informal perspective.

globally-unique identifier

I’m not a right wing religious conspiracy type, but NGL, that makes my 'OH NOES! MARK OF THE BEAST!" senses all tingly lmao