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Is domain-name.xxx Viable? COMMENT From: Mark T I happen to think this is a brilliant idea in theory. However, in practice it will be impossible to implement while people are getting paid for clicks to porn web sites. Due to the dubious malpractice of meta-tagging these sites, how many times has a novice user done a search for something, got a result from a search engine that looks applicable and been instantly transported to a porn site? If people are willing to stoop to these methods to get somebody to enter a site, the last thing they are going to do is make the destination obvious by adding a XXX. Due to the amount of web sites out there it would be impossible to regulate the limitation of XXX to porn. The only possible way it could be enforced is by legally legislating against putting a porn site on a .com, which would be a deterrent, however, would involve legal involvement from every country in the world - which will never happen. Therefore, great idea but unenforceable. From: Wayne W What you have to take into account is that the definition of porn in one country is not the same in another. Also, to try to pass legislation requiring all porn sites to have .xxx as the domain extension and to conform to a global standard is akin to trying to force all people to wear white, It just won't happen. Australian censors are naive in believing that they can censor the world wide web. Canada took one look at the scope of the problem and left the decision in the hands of parents, where it should be, just as it is for cable tv. UGEEK
RESPONSE Perhaps I should restate my proposition. I propose that the .xxx suffix be created and become part of the standard list of suffixes such as .com and .net. Once that is done, sites dealing with pornography could be encouraged, legally or otherwise, to stay off of .com and .net space. Of course, it's impossible to get all countries in the world to agree on anything, but I still think it could become a standard of practice. By the way, cable TV is censored, and is thus not a valid comparison. Cable TV in my area will not show certain things. I'm sure it's the same in your area, whether you know it or not. Parents are already out of the loop in some respects. In the USA, the FCC is our parent even when we are adults. As far as gaining money from click-throughs, that is a valid point. However, are the click-throughs of unsuspecting users really meaningful in any way? Are you ever happy to get somewhere you were tricked into going? I know that I'm not. Hopefully, the trickery and deception will eventually collapse on itself, and that will be less of an issue. The world hoped that the Internet would govern itself when it came to pornography, and I have to say that the Internet has failed miserably.
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