I never understand people that wouldn't sell something like this. So if Google offered you $500,000 you're not going to take it, just to make this stupid statement that you're against ads? Get real.
What we have here is literally a blank page, that offers no value to the reader. Perhaps if they showed something worthwhile I could understand.
Yet, It's only a pat-myself-on-the-back message how they defend their name.
So they USE the name to talk about how they're protecting the name. That's like people that make money teaching people how to make money.
Just take the damn money and use it for something good.
Edit: this is reminiscent of nissan.com ... he's selling computer repair for $50/hr... yet could sell his domain for millions. The main purpose of his site to primarily advertise how he's standing up to lawsuits.
But with the limited nature of domain names, gail.com could definitely be used for something more productive, and helpful, to society.
Considering the state it's in now, you're looking at a large upper range.
I don't buy this argument at all.
This pool is much more diverse than through targeted marketing, etc.
The hostmaster could renovate and display, for example, an unknown, but horrible, misjustice going on with the world. Added with some instructions on how to help raise awareness and stop this misjustice and you have a more productive and helpful webpage, to society.
The hard part in raising awareness is getting people to see and acknowledge your message, with gail.com this is already taken care of.
Q: Why isn't there any content here?
A: All personal web content is hidden
on back pages to conserve bandwidth.
Domain names aren't just there to resolve IPs for the web. You can have any online service resolve to it. More specifically people often buy domain names just for personalised email.
It's also worth noting that your point is directly refuted by the very first QA on her FAQ:
> Q: Why isn't there any content here?
> A: All personal web content is hidden on back pages to conserve bandwidth.
I'm sorry to hear that, I hope they have better luck hiring in the future.
Why should someone have to serve http explaining to you what they're using their domain for? Why can't someone just have a domain for email and SSH and be left the fuck alone?
I would argue that when someone tells you to “shut up and take his money” we are as far from reason as we’re going to get.
Also, what’s wrong with blank pages? I own multiple domains, some of which don’t even have any DNS records. So what? It’s my money that pays the fees.
The spirit is very worthwhile. The EFF img is awesome!
Not everyone enjoys having money.
And even for those who do, it tends to have declining marginal utility.
Funnily, it's usually the people who already have more than enough.