[jamesbritt]

(sorta similar to how .biz and .name might be viewed by Joe Consumer now).

But doesn't the current perception of those domains today indicate what we can expect from yet more gratuitous TLDs?

I had almost forgotten about those two TLDs, and can just imagine how a more casual Web user might think of them: not at all.

On the other hand, it may well be meaningless. I'm continually surprised to see big companies use facebook.com/[companyname] in their advertising too.

I find that to be a more disturbing trend.