.sucks
An Alternative Internet Domain System

The ICAAN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) recently selected seven Top Level Domains (TLDs), ones that are successful in their own right. The numerous X.sucks.com web sites also happen to symbolise freedom of speech. .Sucks is a typical American expression that means, the ability to criticise freely. So why not create a whole TLD that deals with just criticism? Trademark laws would find extended applications here albeit the fact that companies could still get at you for libel or commercial damages.

While freedom of speech is still a hotly debated topic, exposure could just about be the best way to handle things. How could you possibly abide by laws of a hundred different each time you post to the web? Wouldn't it be much more practical to go to .sucks to register your protest? If the proposal becomes a reality there is a chance that it would in effect become a receiving end for any kind of criticism. On the positive side, everyone would go to .sucks to view criticisms as well as respond to it.

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