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On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:29:46 +0100
Peter Green <peter AT greenpete.free> wrote:
> 
> It seems to me so few want to run active websites within this
> network. So OpenNIC basically boils down to an open, alternative D.N.S.
> resolver (which is now struggling under the weight of D.O.S. attacks)
> and an alternative root that does nothing but create (effectively) empty
> T.L.D.s. It seems it's merely a platform for people to play at being
> coders and administrators.
> 
Of course I can only speak for myself, but as far as I'm concerned your 
impression is wrong. I own two .null domains and would very much like to see 
them alive. However, this seems to be impossible. The only webhoster I know 
of who accepts OpenNIC namestuff, 000webhost.com, has a very rigid traffic 
policy, and when they come to the conclusion that a domain is inactive they 
shut it down - which they do after just one week. Unfortunately they are kind 
enough to remove every content as well. Which means that I may be "allowed" 
to activate my domains, but just one week later they kick me back to square 
one. Hence they are simply useless for me. On the other hand I simply lack 
the financial means to rent a synchronous DSL line with a fix IP address.
Second, what you complain about is the result of OpenNIC's own policy 
decisions. If OpenNIC accepted real money and not exclusively that geekish 
namecoin nonsense, we quite naturally would become attractive to other users 
than geeks.

> Hopefully now OpenNIC has a good search engine (seek.geek) things might
> change, but there still needs to be the content to bring people in,
> which is sorely lacking and do you really think others can, will or even
> should start it all off?
As far as I see it, OpenNIC has the appearance of a geek project, and as long 
as this image doesn't change... Why is it that the search engine's name is 
seek.geek, not seek.free? See what I mean?

> 
> Blah blah blah...
Not in the least! Yours has been (apart from Quinn's "Changes" proposal 
recently) the first competent and constructive posting to this list for 
months.

Martin

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