do you wish porn sites would have their own .porn instead of .com/.net ect?

[Spikesoldier]

i think it should be, but i wonder how others feel

 

[her209]

Yes, it would make blocking pr0n sites so much easier.

 

[Anubis]

yes canse then i wouldent misstype things and get a porn site

amd they would be much easier to block/avoid

 

[aswedc]

I don't see any reason for it other than identification for filters and such, and how would you ever force all porn sites to use that extention?

 

[ndee]

every computer company should have a .computercompany domain.

 

[Spikesoldier]

Originally posted by: aswedc
I don't see any reason for it other than identification for filters and such, and how would you ever force all porn sites to use that extention?

maybe if the government passed some bill to regulate porn sites

 

[aphex]

wow, i would love this

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier

Originally posted by: aswedc
I don't see any reason for it other than identification for filters and such, and how would you ever force all porn sites to use that extention?

maybe if the government passed some bill to regulate porn sites

would for sure be a good idea...but very hard to enforce...take that DMCA thing for instance

 

[BillGates]

Originally posted by: ndee
every computer company should have a .computercompany domain.

Yep, and nonprofit organizations should no longer be able to use .org in case people thought that referred to "orgy" -- instead, they would have .nonprofitorganization

 

[Spikesoldier]

Originally posted by: rudeguy5757

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier

Originally posted by: aswedc
I don't see any reason for it other than identification for filters and such, and how would you ever force all porn sites to use that extention?

maybe if the government passed some bill to regulate porn sites

would for sure be a good idea...but very hard to enforce...take that DMCA thing for instance

yeah the DMCA thing was popping in my head too...but if the govt had power to like shut down sites that do that such as striking down places that sell those mod chips or whatever

 

[sharkeeper]

They will do this. It will be .cum.

-DAK-

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: shuttleteam
They will do this. It will be .cum.

-DAK-

How about just, .xxx

 

[numark]

Government regulation of any sort of speech that's merely offensive to some (ignore for the moment such things as death threats, etc. which obviously should not be protected) is a huge mistake. You then get into free speech issues and dicey regulations that don't achieve what they are meant to.

For instance, lots of fine art has pictures of nude females in it. A Mormon or a Muslim may find that very offensive, while I as an agnostic may find it a tasteful example of art. But, let's say the government regulation says .porn is mandatory for all sites that "Display nude photographs or representations of persons in any form." Right there, all of that art has been shuffled off into an area that many people are unwilling to go.

High-school student Mike comes along and is researching Picasso's paintings and wants to find a complete gallery of Picasso's art to study the similarities between them. However, no full gallery is possible under a .com/.net/.org site because more than a few of Picasso's paintings are of nude men and women, and therefore relegated to .porn. And Mike's parents, thinking they're protecting their children from only "evil" sites, have banned access to that TLD. That information is basically banned from anyone who is restricted from accessing an arbitrarily-defined TLD that the government has decided upon.

Also note that such things as sex education and sites for teenagers confused about their sexual orientation could likely be shifted off to .porn as well. Never underestimate the power of certain members of Congress to push their extremely conservative views into laws simply because they want to get re-elected in Texas or Utah (to name just two). It's easy to say that porn sites should be put in their own TLD, but when you look at the difficulty and differences in deciding what "porn" is, it becomes a very dicey issue.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Are you asking if they should be required to have a .porn domain? I think that domain should exist just because it's cool, but forcing porn sites to have a .porn domain is illegal.

 

[JetBlack69]

Yes.

 

[RGN]

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier

Originally posted by: aswedc
I don't see any reason for it other than identification for filters and such, and how would you ever force all porn sites to use that extention?

maybe if the government passed some bill to regulate porn sites

How would the government regulate foreign run sites?

 

[Spikesoldier]

Originally posted by: RGN

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier

Originally posted by: aswedc
I don't see any reason for it other than identification for filters and such, and how would you ever force all porn sites to use that extention?

maybe if the government passed some bill to regulate porn sites

How would the government regulate foreign run sites?

thats true, dont they have their own foreign extensions such as .cz or .de

but would you agree that most porn sites are US run?

 

[silverpig]

It's a nice idea, and the .xxx thing has been thought of before, but it's very impractical.

What defines a porn site? Hardcore? A little nipple exposed? A chick in a g-string? Drawing and enforcing that line is the difficult part.

 

[kami]

With millions upon millions of porn sites, this is impossible to enforce.

 

[freebee]

Considering the diverse material people can whack off to, the qualification of a porn site is extremely difficult. I remember the desperate days of whacking it to National Geographic.

 

[kami]

Originally posted by: freebee
Considering the diverse material people can whack off to, the qualification of a porn site is extremely difficult. I remember the desperate days of whacking it to National Geographic.

oh god....

dude you were desperate. at least get a sears catalog or something. :Q

 

[StormRider]

I wish we could do this so we can't accidently type in whitehouse.gov and get a porn site. And I wish porn sites would stop the endless spam. If I had kids, I wouldn't want them to get porn spam just from leaving a message on a video card hardware forum.

To me having a .porn domain is the perfect solution. It doesn't stop freedom of speech -- if people want to look at porn they are free to. And it protects people who don't want to be bombarded with porn all the time.

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: her209
Yes, it would make blocking pr0n sites so much easier.

 

[RGN]

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier

Originally posted by: RGN

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier

Originally posted by: aswedc
I don't see any reason for it other than identification for filters and such, and how would you ever force all porn sites to use that extention?

maybe if the government passed some bill to regulate porn sites

How would the government regulate foreign run sites?

thats true, dont they have their own foreign extensions such as .cz or .de

but would you agree that most porn sites are US run?

I don't think so, and even if they were it would be very simple to move them and the company offshore.

 

[MacGaven]

Originally posted by: freebee
Considering the diverse material people can whack off to, the qualification of a porn site is extremely difficult. I remember the desperate days of whacking it to National Geographic.

Dude, that was desperate.