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		chaz on April 1, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: elgooG Do the roots matter if the rules have never been enforced? .com is flooded, .net and .org haven't meant anything in a couple decades, and many country TLDs are just wordplay that anyone can reg. At least .edu, .gov, and .mil are enforced.

sneak on April 2, 2015 [–]

There weren't rules, but there was a hierarchy.

wdr1 on April 2, 2015 | [–]

There's still a hierarchy now too.

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