Firstly, the current domain name system has included brand TLDs like https://home.barclays/ for years. So you're the one saying it's broken, if you think those TLDs shouldn't exist. Arguments like "that's how the domain structure is currently laid out" work for Amazon getting a TLD, not against it.
So we're not discussing how it works. We're discussing how you think it should work. And my request has been the same since the beginning: explain how the domains of level 1 are different from levels 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.
Your argument around taxonomies absolutely doesn't explain this. Taxonomies may be - and usually are - many levels deep.
That's kind of an overstatement. This argument has been brought up multiple times. And no one can counter it except to say "but money." And it hasn't really been included for years. It's been discussed for years.
>So we're not discussing how it works.
I mean very much, based on the historical record in front of you, unless an HN has edited the posts, we very much are. You are concretely wrong.
> We're discussing how you think it should work.
No that IS how it works. Brand TLD's are a very new concept. With very limited surface area coverage, and very little actual use.
I understand that some of you need to see how things fuck up before understanding how things could fuck up, but I think I spelled it out very clearly. Again I even used shapes. If you're going to argue about the semantics of shapes, I think you should adjust your opinions on this subject. Because it is tightly 1-1.
>Your argument around taxonomies absolutely doesn't explain this.
I explicitly referenced the domain specification and what their purpose is. I explained how taxonomies generally work. I explained how the domain taxonomy is laid out and its intended purpose. The fact that ICANN went for a quick money grab doesn't negate this. I understand that the HN technopoly cult thinks this justifies everything. But it doesn't. At least not logically or rationally or justifiably.
You're just trying to turn this into a metargument. Please respond with something concrete. For the love of god redeem this forum.
I understood the "semantics of shapes". What I struggled to understand, again, is how that doesn't apply to other domains as well. And I know I'm not a very bright person, but it shouldn't be something hard to explain succinctly.
From what I understand now, you argument is based on historical precedent: TLDs are different because they were treated differently (as general taxonomies, whereas domains of other levels were not) before the ICANN money-grab.
Fair enough. I don't find it convincing, but then again conservative arguments rarely appeal to me.
So we're not discussing how it works. We're discussing how you think it should work. And my request has been the same since the beginning: explain how the domains of level 1 are different from levels 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.
Your argument around taxonomies absolutely doesn't explain this. Taxonomies may be - and usually are - many levels deep.