Mark's been very kind and incredibly helpful to me as well whenever I've had a problem I didn't know how to deal with. When he said grow up, I'm sure he was talking about everyone.
I mean really... It's an extension folks! It's not your kid, your mom, your grandma,.. people are bashing here... They're just voicing their opinion on a few letters that happen to not start with c, o, m. They're entitled to that. We have members here who think .mobi is the Second Coming of Christ and look for problems whenever they can. I'm pretty mobi-neutral, I'm sure most of you can agree with that comment. I'll praise a well developed .mobi, I'll congratulate someone on buying a name for under what I feel it's truly worth... I'll also tell someone they overpaid or that I think something is a ripoff if that's how I feel. I had alot of trouble myself with one of those "mobi fanatics" that wouldn't allow anything negative to be said about .mobi in the past.
I really don't understand it all, to be honest. There are people like me who like L-L-L.coms or LLLL.coms... Likewise, there are people that think an L-L-L.com is a poor man's LLL.com, a domainer trophy for the unsuccessful domainer, or that an LLLL.com is for a clueless newb that knows not that most companies have 2-3 letter acronyms.
Don't like .us? I don't. I also don't spend my time on that forum saying that though. You'll never see me enter a .us discussion, even if it happens to end up in the domain name discussion forum that I often frequent.
To me, it demands respect. Everyone should be entitled to put their money where they want -- it's their money afterall. I might say I wouldn't recommend purchasing blah-blah-blah.mobi, or even that it's a poor investment... But that's then end of it. I've given you my advice. You can choose to follow it or not. I won't blabber on for days, weeks, months about it.
And if I did, why wouldn't you just ignore me? Why don't you just avoid threads with my name in them? That's the great thing about forums! It's like having call display on every word that comes out of someone's mouth.
It's your choice to open a thread. It's your choice to be angered by someone's comments. We won't make or break .mobi based on what's said in this little .mobi subforum which has about 100 regulars... So don't take it personal. It's just an extension afterall.
-Nick- said:
Friends I am not taking anyones side but I am putting my nose in between this because I know Mark is not like that. I was new over here and on the verge of being banned and kicked out of the forums.
Mark PMed me and I asked for a 2nd chance. He gave me that chance and today whatever I have learnt from here is due to that chance in some way or the other.
But its a forum and people do have different opinions. I just wanted to put mine.
Thanks.