[LeoPanthera]

Huh? There is more than one TLD. .us is available for US people. Every country has a TLD. There's a whole pile of generic TLDs. Finding one for you will not be a problem.

[joshmn]

You have to realize that the general public doesn't always understand that the internet isn't always .com.

My email is josh@josh[dot]micronesia. When someone — such as a banker, or "everyday" person — asks for my email address, I overwhelmingly hear, "josh at josh dot m n at... what? gmail dot com? yahoo dot com?"

[Sephr]

The repetition probably confused them, and it also doesn't look that nice. If you use something like me@josh[dot]micronesia I'm sure you would be met with much less confusion.

[jetpks]

I get this too with my `.systems` tld. It's really not that much of a problem when I'm telling someone my email address out loud.

What I have problems with are old html/js forms not accepting it for one reason or another.

[blibble]

what do you think the odds are of the company running .systems being around in 10 years?

50%?

[jetpks]

It's just not that hard to run a registrar. Even if the current one bites the dust, someone will pick it up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[sterex]

If it's very hard, you write or message it to them.

[openmosix]

I bought a 2 letter domain on a .vg and a .mg TLD. It's amazing how many websites refuse my [e-mail] email address on signup as "not a valid email address".