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   Kerr-Mudd, John to Howard   
   Re: .coffee .toys .pizza?   
   09 Sep 21 17:56:55   
   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Thu, 9 Sep 2021 03:51:18 -0000 (UTC)   
   Howard  wrote:   
      
   > hymie!  wrote:   
   >   
   > > In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,   
   > >   Bob , who said:   
   > >> Webcasters use the .fm and .tv   
   > >   
   > > .fm and .tv are both "real" TLDs from Micronesia and Tuvalu.   
   >   
   > There are a few other country codes that are used a lot for links in   
   > Twitter -- bit.ly , nyt.ms and wapo.st off the top of my head.   
   >   
   Some Companies, for reasons of their own, like to use a Columbian TLD.   
      
   > I'm curious if twitter links are part of the reason why longer TLDs   
   > haven't been popular.   
      
      
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