Can I ask you a question, Colin. Do you think the subject of domains is against hacker culture, or anti-startup in any way?
And if I were starting a business again, I wouldn't care about three character *.io domains. And go look at the discussion - is there anything there of interest to hackers? Really?
Since you ask me personally, that entire thread feels like hackers shooting the breeze over coffee, and it has no substance. You may disagree, I'm sure there are many others who will, and I'm speaking for myself, from my perspective, with my background and interests. I personally wasn't interested in it.
But I didn't flag it - I am pretty parsimonious with flags, reserving them for what I feel is of serious negative value.
codepen.io and card.io (who got acquired by Paypal) may disagree.
Or people using them for "playfully clever" things -- to use a term I've heard Richard Stallman use to define hackers.
I think I've pretty much said everything I have to say on the subject now. If you have a question or comment that isn't already answered in one of my other comments, fine, but otherwise I won't repeat myself further.
To quote Samuel Johnson:
"Sir, I have found you an argument;
but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding."It was of value. People were taking action over the data.
You may not be looking to start a business, or do projects:
(To quote you from earlier) "And if I were starting a business again..."
But a lot of people on here are. And the very people who needed the data the most had it taken away from them.