Is having a '.name' email address a good idea?
A rare occasion where Betteridge&#x27;s law[0] apples in a non-cynical way.<p>.com was part of the zeitgeist of the late 90s and its cultural ties to the web and technology in general haven&#x27;t faded since.<p>Even using a .net domain makes you look a little off; I don&#x27;t see much utility in attempting to use any of the countless TLDs that have proliferated since then.<p>I get the impression that ICANN is <i>trying</i> to undermine the ubiquity of .com. I think it&#x27;s a noble goal, but it hasn&#x27;t been successful so far and I don&#x27;t see any reason to believe things will change.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Betteridge's_law_of_headlines" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Betteridge's_law_of_headline...</a>