<div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div></span><br><span class="gmail-"></span><span class="gmail-"><div>If I understand the situation, and the point made above, that seems both true and (mildly) worrisome. Any entity that could 'grab' such a gTLD could become the funnel for trusted content in that category.</div></span><br><span class="gmail-"></span><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Thanks for the comments, Eve.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Interesting your use of the word "trusted" .</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I took my cue from the phrase 'public trust' :<br>"<font color="#0b5394">And you won't likely find scammers and spammers
under a closed gTLD so it might actually gain more public trust than
conventional "open" ones...."<br><br></font></div><div>And I take your remark below as a good one:<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">I can't think of how an open gTLD (in which anyone could buy a subdomain) would be more trustworthy than a brand with a reputation to protect and the ability to play gatekeeper. But I could see the reverse.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I guess in the end I am responsible for due diligence when gleaning content from <a href="http://someguyontheinternet.com">someguyontheinternet.com</a> (which I checked just now and is taken, oh well). <br></div></div></div></div>