[ihackforfun]

the choice for EU was a simple one, since I live in Belgium I wanted either a .be or something more international. I choose .eu since I'm in Europe and not .com since it is not my commercial activity (I have other domains for that), .org on the other hand seems more for organisations and my blog is a one man operation :-) As an additional factor I have to admit to work for the .eu registry so of course I want to promote the .tld a bit but that was more a happy side effect, my business domain for example is a .be since I target small companies within my region.

[ez77]

You work for the registry that oversees your domain!? Talk about domain security!

[ihackforfun]

I work in the quality assurance and testing department so I do not have access to production systems but I must admit it is a lot of fun using my own domain in testing. It is actually the registrar/hosting companies that have more power, the registry only acts on a domain is there is a clear case of malware hosting etc. or in case of a legal dispute. A domain holder cannot interact with the registry except by going through a registrar so we as a registry hardly ever interact with domain holders. So if I ever have a problem with my registrar I'm still pretty much on my own but at least I have a grasp on the code of conduct they have to follow :-)