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    Default Do the new .XXX domains make any sense?

    The .xxx domains were released to auction today for purchase, but what is the point of them.

    Any porn site using them is going to get blocked from half the globe, the major porn sites are not going to give up their .com address which is still the gold standard for web addresses.

    It would make sense if legislation was bought in to force all porn sites to use the .xxx domain, so it was easily blocked and make it a lot easier for filters to prevent indecent images being seen by minors, but I can't see that happening.

    A couple of the names wil have novelty value eg. sex.xxx, but is this really going to be any different to any of domain suffix?
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    Hmm. Maybe it'll just be good for marketing, since anyone who sees the domain will know immediately what the site is. In the same way that it will make it easier to hide it from kids, it will be easier for people who want it to find what they're looking for.

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    Over a decade ago they were talking about doing this and forcing porn providers to adopt .xxx domains. I'm not sure how easy it would be to make such a move, especially now.

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    Quote Originally posted by Sarahfeena View post
    Hmm. Maybe it'll just be good for marketing, since anyone who sees the domain will know immediately what the site is. In the same way that it will make it easier to hide it from kids, it will be easier for people who want it to find what they're looking for.
    Yeah, there's that and also the fact that it opens up a whole bunch of new domain names. I'm sure that lots of people will want the porn versions of domain names that were claimed long ago.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Quote Originally posted by Zuul View post
    Yeah, there's that and also the fact that it opens up a whole bunch of new domain names. I'm sure that lots of people will want the porn versions of domain names that were claimed long ago.
    And conversely, I want to repurpose milfhunter.com for legitimate purposes once it's been vacated in the Great Domain Exodus.
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    I'm sure that bear.XXX is much more likely to give people the porn they seek than bear.com.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Makes you wonder what google.xxx is going to be like
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    Or disney.xxx for that matter.

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    Pretty much everything turns dirty with that attached to it. I'm scared to check out bottledwater.xxx.

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