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minus-square@demonsword@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•2 months agoWhy a city would want a .com tld? A .gov tld would be far more applicable IMO
minus-squaregwl [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoAnnoyingly, people are more likely to “blind guess” at .com than .gov, just cause there’s more of them
minus-square@kossa@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoDo people even still exist who have the arcane knowledge to type in a domain directly?
minus-square@emergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoHey, that’s not arcane knowledge. Arcane knowledge is memorising the server’s IP address.
minus-square@Soggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoAichteeteepee, colon slash slash, doubleyoudoubleyoudoubleyou dot…
minus-squarecally [he/they]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoI do, but only for websites I already know, though usually I have those bookmarked.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoSome folks just when high on weed and/or bored will try typing random URLs to see if they’re anything (I was one of those back when I was a teen)
minus-square@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoI would guess tourism. It seems like that’s what it’s currently used for.
Why a city would want a .com tld? A .gov tld would be far more applicable IMO
Annoyingly, people are more likely to “blind guess” at .com than .gov, just cause there’s more of them
Do people even still exist who have the arcane knowledge to type in a domain directly?
Hey, that’s not arcane knowledge.
Arcane knowledge is memorising the server’s IP address.
Aichteeteepee, colon slash slash, doubleyoudoubleyoudoubleyou dot…
I do, but only for websites I already know, though usually I have those bookmarked.
Some folks just when high on weed and/or bored will try typing random URLs to see if they’re anything
(I was one of those back when I was a teen)
I would guess tourism. It seems like that’s what it’s currently used for.