I completely understand Rick's view of ngtld's. I'm guilty as well. Maybe it's because I lost my a$$ on them. Maybe it's because I develop domains for a living and know what works for me and what doesn't work. Maybe I get offers weekly on my dotcom's and never once on a ngtld that I had. Maybe the prices went up 1000% the second year of registration. Maybe I've witnessed flat out lies promoted by certain extensions.
Whatever the case, I've sold .org, .net , .tv and .us names for good money. I develop, invest in and hold dotcom long term. Legacy extensions and cctlds are fantastic investments and have development potential. New tlds are neither good investments nor good for developing. And, the next person that says data leakage and misdirected/misaddressed email is a lie proves their ignorance. It confirms, to me at least, that they have no idea what they're talking about.
My advice is if you love ngtlds, develop something on your names! I mean really build a nice site on them, invest lots of money and time on them. Do something with your domains!
Rick, Brad, Lions, me and many others aren't bashing. Folks really shouldn't take it that way. We're trying to save people time and money, that's all. Been there, tried it, doesn't work. That's all I'm saying...