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Ask HN: Do you have an aversion to recent TLDs?

21 points GaryBluto | 1 comments | 01 Nov 25 06:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source

I noticed recently that I tend to subconsciously avoid websites visiting websites using more recent TLDs, like .space, .app, etc.

After some introspection I realized that they feel dodgy and "fake" to me. I was wondering if this was a personal eccentricity or something other people experience.

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000ooo000 ◴[01 Nov 25 07:55 UTC] No.45779937[source]▶
Yep, they remind me of the free 'domains' you used to be able to get back in 2000-2005 that were crap like mydomain.ko.cc. By far the least legitimate one I see is .ai - I seem to immediately write those off as some half-baked chatgpt wrapper, or worse a landing page for a product that doesn't exist that would also just be a chatgpt wrapper if enough fools handover their email address. That said, I do like .io for tech sites. I think domains by area/industry are mostly sensible.
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saaaaaam ◴[01 Nov 25 09:31 UTC] No.45780363[source]▶
https://trashbat.co.ck is what you’re looking for…
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1. GaryBluto ◴[01 Nov 25 10:00 UTC] No.45780483[source]▶
It's well weapon.