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marcfowler

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The first thing I thought of was some rule saying that you have to be 'using' the domain within, say, 2 years or it gets pulled from you.

But then the problem is, do we want someone policing what the definition of 'using' a domain is? Hell no.

I think that unfortunately the way it's going is that you basically use a different TLD, but even now it's beneficial to have the .com if you can (especially among non-developer audiences who aren't used to .ly, .io, etc etc). 'Just go to whatever.io' to your grandma isn't as obvious as 'Just go to whatever.com'.

Actually I agree with you - good point - I can see why being on the other end (i.e. as the answerer) can be really frustrating, especially as you said, your answer can be 'more' correct with greater detail etc.

As I said, my experience could very well be based on that I've only asked something like 5 questions on there, all very specific, which is really the kind of question perfectly suited for a site like that.

I don't know whether it's because of the type of questions I've ever asked on there, but I've found it to be excellent, and I always get my questions answered perfectly.

The attitude on there seems to be slightly terse, but, it is designed and really focussed on Q&A, not discussion. So I don't know that I really agree with the criticism of it.

Sumstar is surely the best. Other than that, Perfecto is cool though I don't think it really applies as well.

Ledgerama could give decent branding if you did a kind of parallax effect on the site to make it like a diorama..

Still, I'd go with Sumstar. That's good.