yes, precisely. if you and a bazillion other people do it so that the percentage goes down. it's the fact that scammers are glomming onto a trendy TLD ruins the reputation of that TLD. If the percentage of scam is higher in one TLD over another, people will consider it a TLD used for scams. Not sure where the logic breaks down here

> No, it's still the first of the list, and .com is still second.

also, what do you mean .com is second? it states that .top was second to .com

> Why does that matter at all?

Because any action will have a negative impact on the legitimate sites and we want to maximize the effect while minimizing collateral damage.

It seems you’re saying if there’s a terrorist training camp with 10 terrorists and no bystanders in it, it would be unreasonable to drop a bomb on it unless we’re first willing to level the nearby city of a million people with 11 terrorists in it because it has more terrorists.

Which… no.