A truly depressing sign:
If approved, .LAT will become one of the first TLDs based on an ethnic group [Latinos] instead of being limited by country. The first, according to Keenan, was .CAT for Catalonians (for those not familiar, Catalonia is an autonomous community within Spain). With a new TLD approval process coming in 2008, .LAT and .CAT could be just the beginning of a bigger wave of domains focused around culture and lifestyle. We may one day see TLDs like .GLBT or .BIKE for the gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans and cycling communities, for example. The question is: who plans to beat me to applying for .NERD?
I'll wait for .FAG myself.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2007/11/the-web-and-identity-politics/223180/
