Why does the Discordia project have a .us top level domain name?
The short answer is the obvious one: because .org, .net and .com are currently owned by others. Rather than trying to rename the project (we like the name Discordia), we decided to register the .us domain shortly after this top level domain name (TLD) became available. Instead of looking for some hidden patriotic U.S. agenda, the founders suggest that the domain name should be pronounced as ‘discordia r us’. In general, in this post-dotcom era it might be better to forget the presumed symbolic (read: commercial) value of domain names altogether and instead focus on the collaborative content and community aspect of weblogs such as Discordia.
