[At-Large] [NA-Discuss] Gross Deletes

[John L]

> To be honest, no it's not clear to me what's going on.  And I expect 
> it's not clear to many users.  Would be helpful I think if ALAC 
> explained.

The enormous number of deletes is due to domain tasting/kiting.  With a 
75% delete rate, that means there are three tasting registrations for 
every real one.

The registrar info shows that most registrars hardly delete anything, on 
the order of 1%, and a handful do all the tasting.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl at iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
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