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I think of ICANN like I do FIFA, an unbelievably corrupt bureaucracy at the center of the most beautiful game around.


Well, if you really think so, there is but one course of action: register icann.sucks (and/or fifa.sucks)


Good one!

I don't think ICANN would allow icann.sucks to exist. Even if that's not explicitly in writing, it would be foolish to bite the supreme leader's hand, wouldn't it?

But FIFA better cough up $2,499 in "protection" money or there will be no shortage of people trying to grab that one.


I don't think ICANN would allow icann.sucks to exist

That says it all. They won't allow themselves to be extorted, but tough luck for everyone else.


How does it "say it all", when it's just a supposition? Is there any evidence to support that they wouldn't allow icann.sucks to exist?


Of course it's just a supposition. It's not even informed speculation, just an idle wish.

Still, I'll go out on a limb and say that PutinSucks.ru will be allowed before icann.sucks happens. :) I guess we'll know soon enough.

What I (like many other posters here) wish would happen is that the world just collectively ignores the .sucks domain. How many TLDs is too many?


How many TLDs is too many?

Dunno. How many .com domains are too many? People around here put way too much emphasis on the top level part. They're just domains, who cares how many there are.


What's corrupt about FIFA? Genuinely curious as I don't really watch soccer.


John Oliver sums it up pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJEt2KU33I


That's hilarious and terrible.


So they're basically another IOC?


Might be easier to make a list about what isn't corrupt.

1. sometimes they sleep


I thought the offside rule was a hack because the natural, beautiful rules didn't end up working in real life.




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