#  @GeorgeKirikos George Kirikos George Kirikos posts on X about domain, toronto, canada, elon musk the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::51812829/interactions)  - [--] Week [-----] +134% - [--] Month [-----] +956% - [--] Months [------] +19% - [--] Year [------] -70% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::51812829/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +322% - [--] Month [--] +450% - [--] Months [--] +143% - [--] Year [---] -12% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::51812829/followers)  - [--] Week [-----] +0.33% - [--] Month [-----] +1.20% - [--] Months [-----] +4.10% - [--] Year [-----] +8.90% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::51812829/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [stocks](/list/stocks) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [countries](/list/countries) [currencies](/list/currencies) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) [exchanges](/list/exchanges) **Social topic influence** [domain](/topic/domain), [toronto](/topic/toronto), [canada](/topic/canada), [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk), [$vrsn](/topic/$vrsn) #4, [more than](/topic/more-than), [in the](/topic/in-the), [kris](/topic/kris), [acquisition](/topic/acquisition), [ai](/topic/ai) **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@dnjournal](/creator/undefined) [@namebio](/creator/undefined) [@tldinvestors](/creator/undefined) [@elonmusk](/creator/undefined) [@kris](/creator/undefined) [@domaingang](/creator/undefined) [@dinvesting](/creator/undefined) [@openai](/creator/undefined) [@tbpn](/creator/undefined) [@domainking](/creator/undefined) [@sama](/creator/undefined) [@morganlinton](/creator/undefined) [@godaddy](/creator/undefined) [@domain](/creator/undefined) [@billackman](/creator/undefined) [@domainname](/creator/undefined) [@andrewrosener](/creator/undefined) [@bashar](/creator/undefined) [@adamstrong](/creator/undefined) [@namepros](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Verisign, Inc. (VRSN)](/topic/$vrsn) [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [GoDaddy, Inc. (GDDY)](/topic/$gddy) [Exxon Mobil (XOM)](/topic/exxon-mobil) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/google) [MMX (MMX)](/topic/$mmx) [GrokCoin (GROKCOIN)](/topic/grok) [Azuki (azuki)](/topic/azuki) [The Official [--] coin (76)](/topic/$76) [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "The Housing Market Is Slumpingbut Sales Over $10 Million Are Skyrocketing via @WSJ https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/luxury-home-sales-deaeeb89 https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/luxury-home-sales-deaeeb89" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2017245405906456752) 2026-01-30T14:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The abusive monopolist #Verisign $VRSN reports their earnings after the market closes today (February [--] 2026). NB: I don't have a position in Verisign or any other domain-related public company" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2019389486149562786) 2026-02-05T12:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Shares of the abusive monopolist #Verisign $VRSN hit a 52-week low today down 11.64% at the moment: tro trade at $214.38/share. "We're not done until Verisign trades below one." NB: I have no position in Verisign shares or those of any other publicly traded domain name industry company. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/quote/VRSN/ https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/quote/VRSN/" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2019802496206528849) 2026-02-06T15:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Both GoDaddy $GDDY and Tucows $TCX report quarterly earnings after the close of trading today: NB: I have no position in either company (or any other domain name registrar/registry for that matter). https://www.tucows.com/news/tucows-announces-timing-for-q3-2023-financial-results-news-release-and-management-commentary https://aboutus.godaddy.net/newsroom/news-releases/press-release-details/2023/GoDaddy-Inc.-to-Announce-Third-Quarter-2023-Financial-Results-on-Thursday-Nov.-2-2023/default.aspx" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1720055657154441496) 2023-11-02T12:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Crypto.com domain name was acquired for USD $12 million as mentioned in the first few minutes of this interview. In case you missed it 👇 Interview with @kris on @tbpn ✨ https://t.co/3O5PgDrmB3 In case you missed it 👇 Interview with @kris on @tbpn ✨ https://t.co/3O5PgDrmB3" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021363201095659586) 2026-02-10T23:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@DomainGang @DInvesting @NameBio @tbpn @kris @domain Once a parasite always a parasite. 😉" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021599172395176389) 2026-02-11T14:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "New 52-week low for GoDaddy $GDDY today. NB: I have no position in their stock or that of any other publicly traded domain industry company. https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/gddy https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/gddy" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021631782828093549) 2026-02-11T17:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The local government initially offered the Creuziger family in Mount Pleasant Wisconsin about a third of that sum in [----] as a part of an agreement with the Foxconn Technology Group. But the family refused opting to hold out for a better offer. #KnowYourWorth Microsoft just paid $76 million for a Wisconsin pumpkin farm https://t.co/LtCd0AZ1tl Microsoft just paid $76 million for a Wisconsin pumpkin farm https://t.co/LtCd0AZ1tl" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1738354686388756785) 2023-12-23T00:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "FYI due to a new SEC filing I've revised the original article about the Grove.com domain name to lower the value to USD $656000: given it is now explicit in a new filing (rather than an inferred value as per the original article). https://freespeech.com/2022/03/12/grove-com-domain-name-acquired-for-873000-in-2019-by-grove-collaborative/ Just blogged: Grove(.)com domain name acquired for $873000 in [----] by Grove Collaborative @DNJournal @NameBio https://t.co/29Uput5evs https://freespeech.com/2022/03/12/grove-com-domain-name-acquired-for-873000-in-2019-by-grove-collaborative/ Just blogged:" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1923751422027345957) 2025-05-17T14:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@Withings Did you mean [----] (instead of 2025)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2019901742758944776) 2026-02-06T22:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@morganlinton @Scobleizer @DarioAmodei @nikitabier And he's taken it to the next level using his Apple Vision Pro with it (and I know you have the Apple Vision Pro too) I still don't own one.maybe one day. https://x.com/scobleizer/status/1755410134157922520 Now do you get why @elonmusk bought Twitter Here I am using X Pro (formerly known as Tweetdeck) while at a Tesla supercharger in my Apple Vision Pro. I was doing a FaceTime call with my producer @grantmweston and playing music too. He told me he didnt hear any music even https://t.co/xLX3tluDLm" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2020464331868021127) 2026-02-08T11:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Wed have had a better show tonight if the Buffalo Bills had made it. 🥱 #BillsMafia" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2020659669380026709) 2026-02-09T00:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The privacy policy (and the terms and conditions) of the ai.com website reference the company as: Mentat Forge Research Pte. Ltd. which is based in Singapore. Ill update my country data for the 2-letter dotcoms based on this new info. Yes reading the legalese of the website is more exciting than this football game 😴💤 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020680506585526734 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020680506585526734" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2020680506585526734) 2026-02-09T02:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Mentat.com is listed for sale for a mere USD $550K at GoDaddy. They might want to add that to their collection @kris @esqCRO The privacy policy (and the terms and conditions) of the ai.com website reference the company as: Mentat Forge Research Pte. Ltd. which is based in Singapore. Ill update my country data for the 2-letter dotcoms based on this new info. Yes reading the legalese of the The privacy policy (and the terms and conditions) of the ai.com website reference the company as: Mentat Forge Research Pte. Ltd. which is based in Singapore. Ill update my country data for the 2-letter" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2020681797210714450) 2026-02-09T02:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "P.S. Im not the owner of the Mentat.com domain name" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2020683200163361039) 2026-02-09T02:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@TLDInvestors Where was it reported before yesterday 🤔" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2021613594756915250) 2026-02-11T15:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Yup for phone itll be tougher. We should move to a system where the caller pays per outbound call with the fees going to the receiver (minus say 5% for the carriers). The recipients can cancel the fees if they hit a star code at the end of a call. Thatd wipe out spam calls. For email folks will likely be more willing to open an email from an unknown sender with a good domain I think. Instead of focusing on the subject line folks would look at the From address (and one can reduce spoofing via SPF records etc.). Might eventually need to go to a pay to send model eventually for that too" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2021714136015540354) 2026-02-11T22:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@DomainGang #math" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2021992909915275549) 2026-02-12T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Actually they might be the owner of Twitter(.)eu but theyre not managing it properly (nameservers still with Sedo etc)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1597018037571330048) 2022-11-28T00:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ""You learn in this business: It you want a friend get a dog." -- Carl Icahn @Carl_C_Icahn" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1724445241531363818) 2023-11-14T15:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "No it wasnt sufficient. His article had nothing of value that I hadnt already found on my own and reported on. He simply wanted some page views without putting in the hard work that I did. If he thinks Im going to let this go hes severely miscalculated. This has already cost Bill Sweetman too. I referred multiple people to his company in the past few months (maybe they didnt note that I was the one who sent them in his direction but I have the receipts). He earned an unfollow today" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1789468651008983500) 2024-05-12T01:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I'm going to give everyone "amnesty" and wipe clean my block list (to allow those with $10MM+ in domains who want to join the new Twitter community) ☮ Here was the root cause of the issue: "Blocked accounts If an account blocks a moderator or a moderator blocks an account the account will not be allowed to join the Community. If the account is already a member they will be removed from the Community and they will receive a notification. This is to ensure moderators can see all Community posts." Although if this proves problematic it's easy to reblock folks (one of the mods/members was" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1833610205936160784) 2024-09-10T20:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "This was *already* revealed in September by me: but keep grinding. 🤣 https://x.com/georgekirikos/status/1832469611440460185s=61&t=uBZufR9g_PdhppuYF8xuag The buyer of https://t.co/nyyMJ7ZxId has been revealed. The domain name was sold in a deal overseen by Andrew Miller of Hilco Digital. The buyer of this exceptional domain name is @RocketCompanies. This was a smart strategic acquisition for the brand. https://t.co/gWFbc9ovoY https://x.com/georgekirikos/status/1832469611440460185s=61&t=uBZufR9g_PdhppuYF8xuag The buyer of https://t.co/nyyMJ7ZxId has been revealed. The domain name was sold in a" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1849457423154610201) 2024-10-24T14:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "While I have your attention due to my recent blog post there is some justice in the field of domain name "journalism". It looks like the rape "joke" blogger is a few steps away from having to start an OnlyFans page given he's begging for donations on his blog. 🤣" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1849979335723331946) 2024-10-26T01:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "And also podcasts where he appears as a guest. Will strongly be considering blocking all future GUESTS on his podcast too. Since he is essentially saying "fuck you" politeness is no longer an option. I do own https://t.co/GjXdSzJn7H . pick a side. If you're not on my side then you better not be associated with his side. Will strongly be considering blocking all future GUESTS on his podcast too. Since he is essentially saying "fuck you" politeness is no longer an option. I do own https://t.co/GjXdSzJn7H . pick a side. If you're not on my side then you better not be associated with his side" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1850917767819505907) 2024-10-28T15:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I added to my comments to #ICANN 💩 to clarify the important distinction betwen registry services provided by the abusive monopolist Verisign vs the underlying domain names. Some attempt to conflate the two to distract from $VRSN's abusive monopoly. https://freespeech.com/2024/11/05/my-comments-to-icann-opposing-the-2024-com-renewal/ Just blogged: My Comments to #ICANN💩Opposing the [----] .COM Renewal https://t.co/ci2yZzZwuJ The deadline for submissions is 23:59 UTC time today (November [--] 2024). https://freespeech.com/2024/11/05/my-comments-to-icann-opposing-the-2024-com-renewal/ Just blogged:" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1853806495529398735) 2024-11-05T14:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN registered the domain name VerisignForHumans.com this past week. A new PR shift 👾👽🛸 VerisignForAliens.com is unregistered at the time of this post" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1862848857618415727) 2024-11-30T13:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@dommunity I suspect some adjust the price depending on the commission of the marketplace so that might account for some of what you see. Plus some listings might be stale/unauthorized inventory" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1956423640355922007) 2025-08-15T18:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Fake news from the copycat parasite blogger as noted earlier: as it wasnt arms length. https://x.com/georgekirikos/status/1979978059328692503s=46 https://t.co/Aw4M9fESqs was also added to the recent one word .com sale list. Per the @WIPO UDRP decision the domain name was acquired for [---] million on December [--] [----]. According to ChatGPT [--] = $1.06416 on 12/27 which is $1170576. https://t.co/AHHuKQZqZK https://x.com/georgekirikos/status/1979978059328692503s=46 https://t.co/Aw4M9fESqs was also added to the recent one word .com sale list. Per the @WIPO UDRP decision the domain name was acquired" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1979983001695006993) 2025-10-19T18:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "With Amazon based in Seattle the next AWS outage might be ca-central-1 ⚾😎" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1980469519970889750) 2025-10-21T03:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@Lrex Anything can happenotherwise we wouldnt be watching. 😉" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1981887880352911630) 2025-10-25T00:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "DJIA -- down 1.65% S&P [---] -- down 1.66% NASDAQ -- down 2.29% Toronto Stock Exchange -- down 1.86% My ultra-boring portfolio of dividend-paying stocks was down only 0.36% today -- it feels like a win 💪" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1989108094367068397) 2025-11-13T23:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "A Cyprus media company acquired the ink.com domain name: They reported it a couple of weeks ago. https://digitaltree.com.cy/news/digital-tree-acquires-premium-domain-inkcom-redefining-future-media-cyprus https://digitaltree.com.cy/news/digital-tree-acquires-premium-domain-inkcom-redefining-future-media-cyprus" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1993511448459551105) 2025-11-26T02:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff @Benioff says he might rename the company 'Agentforce' (link in reply) Poll: What's the valuation of the AF.com domain name if he does this 🤔 $10 million $10MM to $50MM $100 million $50000001 to $100MM $10 million $10MM to $50MM $100 million $50000001 to $100MM" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1999491336735789483) 2025-12-12T14:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Here's the link to the article: https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-marc-benioff-says-he-might-rename-company-agentforce-2025-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-marc-benioff-says-he-might-rename-company-agentforce-2025-12" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1999491411318870110) 2025-12-12T14:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The hardcover version of Atomic Habits by @JamesClear is on sale for only $14.95 at Amazon Canada. Its a great read to start the New Year I give away so many copies of it I bought three more (the limit)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2003862667828854789) 2025-12-24T16:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Currently Reading: You to the Power of Two: Redefining Human Potential in the Age of Identic AI Join to see what others in the domain name community are reading or share what you're reading (or have read) via a profile.📚 http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225642104-you-to-the-power-of-two http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225642104-you-to-the-power-of-two http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225642104-you-to-the-power-of-two http://DomainLiterati.com" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2004599944343167418) 2025-12-26T17:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@BillAckman It'd be much better to eliminate income taxes completely and directly tax consumption. Your proposal is essentially making minor modifications to indirectly tax that eventual consumption (that would result from the loans) whereas it's far more efficient to tax it directly" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2005727508726157599) 2025-12-29T19:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@Modern_Woodsman @BillAckman One can still make it progressive via rebates or credits for the poorest (which is done here in Canada for the HST sales tax). Unfortunately the way politics often works one might end up with both a consumption tax AND an income tax 🤦♂" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2005819172983349319) 2025-12-30T01:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@Modern_Woodsman @BillAckman Its not a rebate per purchase. Youre right though that the Canadian tax system is even worse. Both countries need to greatly simplify and reform their systems" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2006024039488270382) 2025-12-30T15:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@morganlinton @WHOOP How does it compare to an Oura Ring I never liked wearing a watch to sleep (or having to charge it before sleeping) so the Oura ring has been great for me over the past few years" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2006877845063348291) 2026-01-01T23:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Currently Reading: Intentional: How to Finish What You Start (by @Chris_Bailey) Join to see what others in the domain name community are reading or share what you're reading (or have read) via a profile.📚 http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231108743-intentional http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231108743-intentional http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231108743-intentional http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231108743-intentional" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2010485596247220502) 2026-01-11T22:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@chamath Please rescue Canada from this insanity too" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/2013396342245056815) 2026-01-19T23:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "GoDaddy revenue composition for 2014: Domains - $763MM Hosting - $508MM Business Apps - $116MM http://t.co/GzzIV2pIIF (page 71) http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609711/000119312515060244/d728713ds1a.htm http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609711/000119312515060244/d728713ds1a.htm" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/570376769037078529) 2015-02-25T00:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Minds+Machines $MMX shares sink to a new 52-week low today NB: I have no position in this stock #ICANN #newgTLDs http://www.lse.co.uk/SharePrice.aspshareprice=MMX&share=minds+mach http://www.lse.co.uk/SharePrice.aspshareprice=MMX&share=minds+mach" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1001439722638475264) 2018-05-29T12:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@DomainNameWire If you search it says that it is Mike & Megan McConville. According to he was formerly of Domain Holdings. https://angel.co/mike-mcconville http://Sunbiz.org https://angel.co/mike-mcconville http://Sunbiz.org" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1187400222051315712) 2019-10-24T16:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Interesting article re: how voice(.)com was negotiated. They didn't get on the phone until there was a $22 million offer https://cryptonews.com/news/from-usd-150k-to-30m-how-microstrategy-ceo-sold-voice-com-to-7742.htm https://cryptonews.com/news/from-usd-150k-to-30m-how-microstrategy-ceo-sold-voice-com-to-7742.htm" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1306651698178424832) 2020-09-17T17:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@TLDInvestors I believe the application fees are on the order of $185000 or so (might even be going down). So one could easily raise those funds without selling valuable existing domain holdings" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1312078403064025089) 2020-10-02T17:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Royal Bank of Canada appears to have used @GoDaddy's Corporate Domains (formerly known as Brandsight) division to acquire the RBCx(.)com domain name from a Chinese registrant between December and January in advance of their newly launched RBCx platform. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/royal-bank-of-canada-launches-rbcx-to-support-visionary-technology-entrepreneurs-850962773.html https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/royal-bank-of-canada-launches-rbcx-to-support-visionary-technology-entrepreneurs-850962773.html" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1404839005552840704) 2021-06-15T16:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@wolfofdomains @DotWeekly I'm not sure -- I must have missed it in my RSS feed. There's too much news these days it's like a fire hose" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1481648723071406080) 2022-01-13T15:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "It looks like the FTC is going to finally crack down on anti-competitive behaviour. Perhaps the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN will finally lose its no-bid dot-com contract #ICANN 💩 #Competition #monopoly https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/11/ftc-restores-rigorous-enforcement-law-banning-unfair-methods-competition https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/11/ftc-restores-rigorous-enforcement-law-banning-unfair-methods-competition" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1590810154463002624) 2022-11-10T20:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Just like isnt redirecting to the .com someone needs to inventory their domain holdings and strategize. How many folks in the world have better knowledge of domains 🤔 http://Twitter.ca http://Twitter.ca" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1597019258068008961) 2022-11-28T00:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Live #SCOTUS audio for Twitter Inc. v. Taamneh begins at [--] am Eastern Time. It will consider Section [---] immunity issues just like yesterday's case involving Google/YouTube. 👨⚖👨⚖👨⚖👩⚖👩⚖👨⚖👨⚖👩⚖👩⚖ https://www.c-span.org/video/525336-1/justices-tech-companies-liability-terrorism-content-sites https://www.supremecourt.gov/ https://www.c-span.org/video/525336-1/justices-tech-companies-liability-terrorism-content-sites https://www.supremecourt.gov/" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1628396943339581441) 2023-02-22T14:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Dot-Brand owners seek an 80% reduction in fees from #ICANN 💩 (from $25K/yr minimum to $5K/yr minimum) How many of those dot-Brand bagholders spoke out against the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN to reduce the excessive fees that are ultimately charged to registrants (via registrars) of dot-COM and dot-NET domain names🤔 These #CorporateWelfare fans knew what they were signing on to but now regret their poor decisions. They thought they were buying💎 but ended up with 💩🚽. If they don't want to live up to the terms of their contracts they can always abandon their TLDs like so many others" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1656719591450583043) 2023-05-11T17:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I'm doing another deep dive into the #ICANN💩 proposed renewal of the .NET agreement with the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN and noticed that on page [--] of the redline: they've removed the text "for initial (i.e. other than renewal) registration at the second level within the TLD." This means that CURRENTLY REGISTERED domains which appear in Appendix [--] might be DEACTIVATED (e.g. q.net and 2-character .net domains) In the "clean" version of the proposed agreement: it's on page [--] i.e.: "(d) Registry Operations. (i) Registration Restrictions. Registry Operator shall reserve and not register" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1661070797346156613) 2023-05-23T18:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Internet Commerce Association @ICADomains has submitted their comments to #ICANN💩 regarding the proposed .NET renewal with the abusive monopolist Verisign. $VRSN Deadline for comments is Thursday May [--] [----] at 23:59 UTC time (2 days from now)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1661128188204810242) 2023-05-23T21:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "ICYMI: Our Comments to #ICANN💩 Opposing the Dot-NET Registry Agreement Renewal With Verisign The deadline for comments is Thursday May [--] [----] at 23:59 UTC (i.e. today)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1661711213775183878) 2023-06-29T01:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Are we supposed to believe that the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN is infallible and thus there's nothing to worry about by giving them "unlimited and sole discretion" 🤡 #ICANN💩 ICYMI: Our Comments to #ICANN💩 Opposing the Dot-NET Registry Agreement Renewal With Verisign The deadline for comments is Thursday May [--] [----] at 23:59 UTC (i.e. today). https://t.co/Vdrf3RFSUo ICYMI: Our Comments to #ICANN💩 Opposing the Dot-NET Registry Agreement Renewal With Verisign The deadline for comments is Thursday May [--] [----] at 23:59 UTC (i.e. today). https://t.co/Vdrf3RFSUo" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1661713169687932930) 2023-05-25T12:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN wants us to believe that they're the owners of dot-COM and dot-NET have always been the owners and will always be the owners. #ICANN💩 is complicit in this historical revisionism. George Orwell warned us in [----]. The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia. Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past. Every record has been destroyed or falsified every book rewritten every picture has been repainted every statue and street" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1661723269504937984) 2023-05-25T13:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "It was exactly one year ago today that I last shared details of a $10 million domain deal that was previously undocumented. I haven't shared any large chartable transactions that I've found in financial filings since then given the amount of parasitic 'journalism' out there" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1688480797500522496) 2023-08-07T09:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@DInvesting Also mentioned on @DNJournal see: last year. https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2022/20220330.htm https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2022/20220330.htm" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1694148687537303610) 2023-08-23T00:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles. Steve Jobs" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1696872742975357060) 2023-08-30T13:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "If Stelco acquires US Steel that might free up the X ticker symbol for @elonmusk" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1705190024524726732) 2023-09-22T11:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Does anyone have any experience with RingCentral How reliable has it been for you Do you use it for FAX If so is it reliable If you have had good or bad experiences I'd love to learn more. Feel free to share insights into other cloud-based phone systems (with FAX)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1707459545738400220) 2023-09-28T18:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "None of the above. Instead invest in very boring dividend-paying stocks. Use the income to pay for yacht/jet trips. Yachts & jets depreciate quickly and are high maintenance. "The two best days in a boat owner's life are the day they buy a boat and the day they sell it."" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1708184541767102644) 2023-09-30T18:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Green Day - [--] Guns Official Music Video via @YouTube" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1710717569613566424) 2023-10-07T18:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@domainname What interest rate do you pay on the loan 🤔 Is the loan denominated in USD or CNY" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1712259108940767428) 2023-10-12T00:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "This demonstrates again how poor this industry is at fundamental journalism/research when these "knowable" public transactions have sat for many months in SEC filings and are now finally being found. What have you all been doing for the past year or longer Too lazy to read the tweet below in detail but this too was known to me as early as June [--] [----] via the better URL at: (page 50) where it spells out the domain name exactly 🤦 "Other income (expense) for the year ended December [--] [----] resulted in net other income of $550854 as compared to net other expense of $40176 in the same prior year" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1712275553183568044) 2023-10-12T01:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "This is yet another domain I've known about as early as June [--] [----] (I didn't post the SHA256 "proof" at the time though as I determined that tweeting such info would tip off others that they could look at recent filings and thereby reduce their amount of research) It also had details on seller's OTHER Bitcoin domain deal. But I found it via a different source (seller's financials) that says it was paid all at once via SEDAR (Canada's crappier version of EDGAR) (which was a link that has now changed see below for more info) Section [--] page 42: On [--] March [----] Banxa Holdings Inc sold domain" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1712760098991284662) 2023-10-13T09:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Of course I also knew about the later WonderFi/Coinsquare filing: albeit on October [--] [----] (6 days ago). So Banxa (the seller) received all their money already (as noted in the prior tweet/post from the SEDAR/SEDAR+ filing) so it can actually be charted by @DNJournal" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1712761259731341727) 2023-10-13T09:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Actually reviewing my other email archive I had an inkling about the Bitcoin.ca deal (but not yet the proof) as early as May [--] [----] as Banxa (the seller) mentioned in a press release (I was on the mailing list). See: "Sale of Domain Name On [--] March [----] Banxa Holdings Inc sold domain name for USD$250000. Total consideration of USD$224980 ($307525 CAD) was received on [--] March [----] (Consideration price included a commission fee of $25020USD). The carrying value of the domain names at the date of disposal was nil." At that point they didn't identify the domain name so that's why I kept" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1712767018422714677) 2023-10-13T09:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "That rebrand is consistent with the acquisition I discussed in September: now redirects to as I correctly anticipated writing Perhaps this will be used for a rebranding of the company (instead of Holdings the M might stand for Mobility as they describe themselves as a leader in transportation and mobility)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1717903265516364087) 2023-10-27T13:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The market appears to like their quarterly earnings. At the time of this post GoDaddy $GDDY shares are up 12.13% and Tucows $TCX shares are up 16.03% 🚀🚀 NB: I have no position in either company's shares or any other registrar/registry" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1720466130374930909) 2023-11-03T15:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Heres what the @GoDaddy domain name builder looks like for a 2-word domain name. I can also change the extension. Kudos for trying to innovate but ultimately I dont expect this tool will be useful to me in the current iteration" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1721728903742357618) 2023-11-07T03:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Organizations that missed their shot at upgrading to the CF.com domain name include: - CloudFlare ($24B market cap) - Clinton Foundation (might still have a chance at the .org) - Cadillac Fairview -- large Canadian real estate firm #YouSnoozeYouLose" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1726572580763848894) 2023-11-20T12:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Poll: Which of these [--] firms will buy the ai.com domain name 🤔 Or name a different company in a reply" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1726598121122349429) 2023-11-20T13:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Sign Your Name to Europa Clipper's Message in a Bottle - Earths first mission to conduct detailed reconnaissance of Jupiters moon Europa. NASAs Europa Clipper will determine if this ocean world has environments suitable for life to exist" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1726599045383098625) 2023-11-20T13:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Has anyone ever confirmed whether Elon Musk acquired the domain name 🤔 It was owned by a company called "Henkel" and still has the old DNS nameservers: but it was transferred to @GoDaddy in [----] whereas Henkel.com was never transferred (i.e. it's still at CSC registrar). If it was merely a change of registrar for Musk.com one would think Henkel's other domains would have moved. Elon Musk has X.com with @GoDaddy so conceivably he bought Musk.com but just hasn't ever bothered to update the DNS Perhaps one of the domain name brokers will spill the beans to take credit" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1726612728641393026) 2023-11-20T14:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In advance of Black Friday I was wondering what new gadgets folks bought in the past year that they use regularly and would recommend 🤔 For myself my #1 choice would be my Oura Ring @ouraring Your turn" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1726948980729278870) 2023-11-21T13:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "So far the "deals" for Black Friday have been pretty underwhelming.I'm going to keep my powder dry for Cyber Monday instead" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1728012989238825454) 2023-11-24T11:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@SiddheshPatwar1 @DomainGang Las Vegas Review Journal (a newspaper) is the owner leasing it until it's paid in full: as per the WHOIS" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1732724973469327672) 2023-12-07T11:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@domainname They need to open an office in Toronto Theres so much construction going on here and the traffic delays are horrible" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1735337677572952362) 2023-12-14T16:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@domainname There are nearly [---] cranes in use in the city right now according to the latest Crane Index from Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB). Thats more cranes than New York Boston Los Angeles Seattle San Francisco and Washington. D.C. combined" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1735340259162923029) 2023-12-14T16:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Does the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN really think we've forgotten about Zeus Kerravala and Steven Forrest Or CALinnovates LOL #ICANN 💩 #transparency https://circleid.com/posts/20231219-who-is-really-behind-the-plan-to-block-.web#comments https://circleid.com/posts/20231219-who-is-really-behind-the-plan-to-block-.web#comments" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1737237408402264283) 2023-12-19T22:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@TLDInvestors Perhaps they would have still gone bankrupt but might have survived longer. With a .com itd be an asset in a bankruptcy auction. With a .co not so much" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1737579956878606603) 2023-12-20T21:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "🎄❄☃ Merry Christmas☃❄🎄" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1739247116437066207) 2023-12-25T11:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@domainzzz Yes my company owns those domain names (and others that are in my Twitter profile header image). None of them are listed in any marketplaces" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1743755972827283541) 2024-01-06T22:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Buffalo Bills clinch a playoff spot (since the Jacksonville Jaguars just lost) The #BillsMafia can relax tonight (although a win over the Dolphins would be sweet)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1744101380053197095) 2024-01-07T20:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@DancerA Living in Toronto its the nearest NFL team so Ive followed them for many years" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1744155181208498445) 2024-01-08T00:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@DancerA Indeed Bills fans have suffered a lonnggggg time which will make a Super Bowl win that much sweeter" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1744181664568201683) 2024-01-08T02:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@DomainGang I wish that Rolls Royce or Mercedes Benz offered 97.5% discounts for autos used for education" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1749495623991124130) 2024-01-22T18:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@JesseBrown The Britcom "Yes Prime Minister" had an episode about this many years ago" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1749806434173514196) 2024-01-23T14:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Theyre asking USD $8 million for their Tokens.com domain name. $COIN recently announced the sale of its Metaverse Group and Hulk Labs to StoryFire a private online social entertainment and gaming platform for $3.5 million plus $500K in StoryFire's own Blaze Tokens. 🔥 Read more: https://t.co/zlEjlQSNb7 #CBOE $COIN #OTCQB $SMURF #FSE #76M https://t.co/RRl0S77lTb $COIN recently announced the sale of its Metaverse Group and Hulk Labs to StoryFire a private online social entertainment and gaming platform for $3.5 million plus $500K in StoryFire's own Blaze Tokens. 🔥 Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1752463118230339985) 2024-01-30T22:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "For the Amsterdam-based unicorn is now re-branding as such after reportedly acquiring the domain name a couple of years ago allegedly for many millions. MessageBird rebrands as Bird and slashes prices by 90% on SMS to take on Twilio https://t.co/KOqYJkxKLu MessageBird rebrands as Bird and slashes prices by 90% on SMS to take on Twilio https://t.co/KOqYJkxKLu" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1753045216360005935) 2024-02-01T13:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@DomainKing Thanks for the review Rick. Did you have to use the optical inserts (if you wear prescription glasses normally) If so how focused were the images" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1755948910382620861) 2024-02-09T13:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@DomainKing P.S. The Vision Pro hasn't launched in Canada yet so I'm not sure whether I'll be getting it if it would cause neck issues" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1755949517759787447) 2024-02-09T13:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "I often read posts/tweets of people complaining about their current domain name registrar but rarely (if ever) about the one I use namely @Tucows @OpenSRS #ThoseWhoKnowKnow" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1756407562696544615) 2024-02-10T19:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "From "The Grayscale Bitcoin Book": "To use another online analogy there are only a limited number of website domain names that people would like to use and owning desirable website domain names has become a lucrative business for some." (p. 22) in "Chapter 2: The Investment Case for Bitcoin". Presumably their "Investment Case for Desirable Domain Names" is even more compelling. 😉 NB: I have no investment position in bitcoin or any other crypto assets" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1759263340549869709) 2024-02-18T17:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "To use a football (soccer) ⚽ metaphor acquiring an elite dot-com domain name is akin to an owner of a lower-tier team doing what it takes to get to the Premier League: Using a non-dotcom might be the quickest way to achieve "relegation" 🤣" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1761803250813042922) 2024-02-25T17:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Clubs spend an inordinate amount of money to get out of the lower leagues said Christina Philippou a lecturer in sports finance at the University of Portsmouth. That means if others want to compete they have to spend similar. And that she said creates a spiral. If businesses want to compete in the upper echelons online investing in the best domain names is required to "get out of of the lower leagues." You need nation-state money to buy a Premier League team as Mr. Thompson put it. A team in the Championship needs hundreds of millions. To use a football (soccer) ⚽ metaphor acquiring an elite" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1761805566039441741) 2024-02-25T17:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Poll: Which asset would you rather own 🤔 (A) [---] year old boarding school property on [--] acres (B) domain name" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1763050929161474055) 2024-02-29T03:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Tucows $TCX market cap slips below $200 million: 📉 although their enterprise value is higher than that (due to their debt). NB: I hold no position in Tucows shares or that of any other domain name registrar/registry" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1764679933933093113) 2024-03-04T15:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "That's what I'd call "Breaking News" 😉" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1774795977200710111) 2024-04-01T13:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@morganlinton @IDerech There was an excellent Oscar-nominated film "Perfect Days" set in Tokyo that you might enjoy: trailer (that's Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" as the music to the trailer) 👍👍 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QzZBbX5A1FA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Days https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QzZBbX5A1FA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Days" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1776216828806623334) 2024-04-05T11:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Since @dharmesh stated that the Chat.com transaction was more than $15 million (watch the video) perhaps he can be convinced to state the precise price (if it doesn't violate any NDAs) so that @DNJournal can "chart it" Retweet/like if you agree https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/dnjournal-all-time-top-20-cash-domain-sales.htm https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/dnjournal-all-time-top-20-cash-domain-sales.htm Our https://t.co/lkLcs56ust transaction. Some rare details with @amiller325gd #digitalassets #domains https://t.co/zxV6zb211z" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1776986432357216712) 2024-04-07T14:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@TopShelfNames There appear to be a few different subreddits related to domain names.I've never posted on Reddit but was just browsing" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1779196901486727170) 2024-04-13T17:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Bold tax reform would completely eliminate corporate taxes as well as personal income taxes (that would fully respect the concept of "integration" too) Instead 100% of taxes (government revenue) should be based on consumption taxes on consumers. Capital gains tax would be zero too (i.e. taxation only when used for final consumption). "Wealth" is really just "delayed consumption" so the wealthy still eventually get taxed. Entities (both individuals and corporations) shouldn't get taxed on their investment activities. One can exempt a certain amount of consumption to benefit the "poor" in order" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1780564659218628924) 2024-04-17T11:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "If the Canadian Federal Budget is going to raise capital gains tax rates as a shareholder I expect corporations I invest in to perversely try to lower their stock price (rather than attempt to boost it) by taking on debt and also boosting payouts through eligible dividends The whole notion of integration is being thrown out the window. 🤡🤡🤡" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1780592349124403576) 2024-04-17T13:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@AndrewBernstei9 Lower rate is good because of inflationary distortions. Otherwise one is taxing illusory "gains". https://www.iedm.org/the-capital-gains-tax-and-inflation-how-to-favour-investment-and-prosperity/ https://www.iedm.org/the-capital-gains-tax-and-inflation-how-to-favour-investment-and-prosperity/" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1780629671832387859) 2024-04-17T16:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "If a dollar is a dollar is a dollar then why can't capital losses be immediately used to offset income (instead one can only use them to offset capital gains in the future or from the prior few years) 🤔 #DoubleStandards #Hypocrisy "Research on the deleterious effects of taxes on capital is well established. Its intuitive after all. Its the same principle that underpins the Trudeau governments carbon tax policy. If you tax something all things being equal you will get less of it." @MattSpoke "Research on the deleterious effects of taxes on capital is well established. Its intuitive after all." [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1782730295176753199) 2024-04-23T11:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Shares of the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN hit a new 52-week low this morning. 😀 NB: I hold no position in VRSN or any other publicly traded domain name industry firm for that matter. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/VRSN/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/VRSN/" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1783853340029235239) 2024-04-26T13:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "P.S. With the rise in share price of GoDaddy $GDDY this past year the market cap of GoDaddy is now HIGHER than that of the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN ($17.76 billion for GoDaddy vs $17.75 billion for Verisign at the time of this post according to Yahoo Finance). NB: I have no position in either company. Shares of the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN hit a new 52-week low this morning. 😀 https://t.co/2d1p0sChT5 NB: I hold no position in VRSN or any other publicly traded domain name industry firm for that matter. Shares of the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN hit a new 52-week low" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1783856490895282246) 2024-04-26T13:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "BTW this info could have been gleaned [--] days ago as their May [--] [----] reporting at: stated "Purchase of intangible assets" of $8515000. But I guess no one noticed that little tidbit. 🤦♂ https://ir.amark.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/184/a-mark-precious-metals-reports-fiscal-third-quarter-2024 https://ir.amark.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/184/a-mark-precious-metals-reports-fiscal-third-quarter-2024 Just blogged: In March [----] JMB acquired $8.5 million of intangible assets that included Gold.coms domain name https://t.co/7nZSxGeo2t Normally I'd not share this research given the" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1788712497723134225) 2024-05-09T23:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Poll: $8515000 for Gold.com domain name. How'd you describe the transaction price" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1788714494740279740) 2024-05-09T23:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "$1049 was the cash cost of the domain name but you should also factor in the amount of time you spent on the acquisition. This would include the amount of time you spent looking at domain names that you didn't end up acquiring What's the value of your time 🤔" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1789967729908191383) 2024-05-13T10:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@DNJournal Golds spot price is quoted for troy ounces. Unlike the ordinary (avoirdupois) ounces where [--] lb = [--] ounces the conversion is instead [--] lb = [------] troy ounces. Thus in the article it should be more like [---] lbs of gold (instead of 221). https://www.unitjuggler.com/convert-mass-from-lbs-to-oztr.html https://www.unitjuggler.com/convert-mass-from-lbs-to-oztr.html" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1790931486713012251) 2024-05-16T02:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I updated my Twitter/X profile logo (newly created using @OpenAI's latest ChatGPT) so my blue checkmark is gone for a while until they review it" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1791119107091288253) 2024-05-16T14:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Did your intended logo have text in it Apparently typos are a known issue e.g. I've not experimented with other AI generators (yet) but once OpenAI released GPT-4o I went back to my prior attempts to see whether the new model would work better. It still generated typos on some attempts though but I finally got an acceptable one (and saved it immediately). https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-4-dall-e-3-generates-wrong-text-on-images/535022 https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-can-not-create-images-with-text-spelled-correctly/647000" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1791131516359098451) 2024-05-16T15:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Here's a new logo for @ICANN incorporating the poop emoji. #ICANN💩 Thanks @OpenAI 🤣" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1791132195865731253) 2024-05-16T15:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Since the topic came up on @DomainSherpas latest podcast I asked ChatGPT (latest version 4o): Explain why writing a copycat article on a breaking news story even if it links to the person who broke the story is parasitic. to help some folks understand who still dont get it and heres its response: Writing a copycat article on a breaking news story even if it links to the original source is often considered parasitic for several reasons: [--]. **Dilution of Original Content**: The copycat article can draw attention away from the original piece reducing the traffic and potential ad revenue for the" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1791276745678574023) 2024-05-17T01:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "38.5% felt that "Claude" is the worst "brand" in #AI. I'd agree --- reminds me of "clod" If instead it's supposed to sound like "cloud" that too is a weakness. "Grok" is pretty bad too but I think "Claude" is the worst I've seen so far for AI. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/clod Poll: Is Claude by Anthropic the worst brand in AI 🤔 (full page ad on the last page of todays WSJ) https://www.dictionary.com/browse/clod Poll: Is Claude by Anthropic the worst brand in AI 🤔 (full page ad on the last page of todays WSJ)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1791490681673859425) 2024-05-17T15:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@bogdan_vovchuk Only if they get caught" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1801636350841553178) 2024-06-14T15:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "For starters I think your implicit definition of affected might be very limited.(even if one takes 4.2% as a given which I would not). E.g. suppose the government of Canada introduced a 90% income tax rate on professional athletes playing for Canadian teams in the NBA NHL CFL and MLB. The number of professional athletes is tiny.but those affected would include fans non-playing staff shareholders of teams owners of stadiums hotels etc. The same government of Canada that squanders massive dollars on subsidies of a tiny number of battery manufacturers will count on huge secondary economic" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1803414205564924393) 2024-06-19T13:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "P.S. the lengthy blog post at: has an interesting argument in the first section that talks about People creating wealth will always be attacked by people playing status games which is 💯on point. Theres always a subtle competition going on between status and wealth. For example when journalists attack rich people or the tech industry theyre really bidding for status. Theyre saying No the people are more important. And I the journalist represent the people and therefore I am more important. Thats exactly how many of us feel regarding the current politicians leading the federal government of" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1803419272149938599) 2024-06-19T13:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@morganlinton Its amazing that Microsoft or Google arent on topalthough perhaps in time theyll release something even better. #Competition" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1806120565985481190) 2024-06-27T00:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The famous Shouldice Hospital (known for specializing in hernias) near Toronto is taking [--] walk-in patients today so I arrived at 2:45 am there were already [--] others in line ahead of me 🤯 It looks like those arriving after [--] am will be out of luck today. (I had read a review that someone else arrived at [--] am one day and was #17 so I knew that I had to come early.)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1808040555928043689) 2024-07-02T07:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@WarrenRoyal @TLDInvestors Given his debate performance Biden might be properly classified a vegetable at this point. Perhaps the AI is more accurate than the human oversight 🤣" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1808634405931659281) 2024-07-03T22:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "In August [----] I showed that the owner of the ai.com domain name was Arsyan Ismail @arsyan with "99% certainty": While the WHOIS still has privacy enabled it recently updated to show that the registrant is from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. It looks like Squarespace switched from Tucows/OpenSRS as the WHOIS Privacy service provider to simply redacting most of the WHOIS but still revealing the city and country of the registrant. Thus one can now improve the previous "99% certainty" statement to "99.999999999%" certainty. 😉" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1813896843815690372) 2024-07-18T11:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@DomainGang They should approach Imagine Dragons to get the rights to their music: as the official theme song of their company. 🎶🎼 #WelcomeToTheNewAge https://youtu.be/ktvTqknDobUfeature=shared https://youtu.be/ktvTqknDobUfeature=shared" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1814068023277367459) 2024-07-18T22:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "47% picked Kamala Harris. Snap Poll: Which Democrat will face Donald Trump in the November election for President 🤔 Snap Poll: Which Democrat will face Donald Trump in the November election for President 🤔" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1816173732450426945) 2024-07-24T18:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Its incredible that the Canadian Womens Soccer/Football team is advancing in the #OlympicGames tournament after winning all three games overcoming the [--] penalty points for the drone scandal. ⚽ #Paris2024" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1818754682069938476) 2024-07-31T21:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "$900K acquisition of Public.com domain name explained. Some folks been sharing their stories on purchasing domain names. Here's how we got https://t.co/18wpqbwmG0 . Some folks been sharing their stories on purchasing domain names. Here's how we got https://t.co/18wpqbwmG0 " [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1819103315000524818) 2024-08-01T20:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "With global financial markets under pressure today the Toronto Stock Exchange is closed due to a civic holiday. 🤦♂ https://www.tsx.com/en/trading/calendars-and-trading-hours/calendar https://www.tsx.com/en/trading/calendars-and-trading-hours/calendar" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1820388406716674234) 2024-08-05T09:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "On days like today Warren Buffett's famous quote is apt: You dont find out whos been swimming naked until the tide goes out. https://buffett.cnbc.com/video/1994/04/25/buffett-you-dont-find-out-whos-been-swimming-naked-until-the-tide-goes-out.html https://buffett.cnbc.com/video/1994/04/25/buffett-you-dont-find-out-whos-been-swimming-naked-until-the-tide-goes-out.html" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1820423114485899659) 2024-08-05T11:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Heres the logo that Grok [---] made for I prefer the understated one from ChatGPT though. http://DomainLiterati.com http://DomainLiterati.com" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1823865827093004450) 2024-08-14T23:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@JoshDotCo Image courtesy of Grok [--]. 🎶🎼🎵" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1824614764531556760) 2024-08-17T01:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "There was an article in todays WSJ about the sparkles ✨ emoji and how it has been embraced by the AI industry. Which emoji should the domain name industry embrace 🤔 (of course #ICANN 💩 cant be separated from the poop 💩 emoji)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1825528827885277588) 2024-08-19T13:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "On yesterday's @DomainSherpa podcast (starting at roughly 1:07:30 until 1:13:30 or so): Andrew Rosener @andrewrosener went on a "rant" for several minutes. 😇 All that was missing was the word "#parasites" 🤣 #ethics https://youtu.be/1cUP1bngdWEfeature=shared&t=4049 https://youtu.be/1cUP1bngdWEfeature=shared&t=4049" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1829484129882415478) 2024-08-30T11:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I can hear the sonic boom of fighter jets overhead. Either the invasion of Toronto has begun or it's time for the annual air show. Given the state of the world I can't rule out the former" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1830648581688361415) 2024-09-02T16:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Snap Poll: Do you want to see a 2nd presidential debate Yes No Yes No" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1833700500992151991) 2024-09-11T02:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@BradenPollock On the bright side if the government ever brings in a wealth tax or a tax on unrealized capital gains you can just cite the GoDaddy estimates. 😉" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1834013443688468951) 2024-09-11T23:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Apparently the anime.com domain name changed hands acquired by the Azuki NFT project. "An 8-digit $ domain (secured for a fraction)" Perhaps blockchain sleuthing might reveal the price if the transaction was done in crypto 🤔 Redacted by @Azuki has revealed to be anime(dot)com the flagship hub for all things Anime: An 8-digit $ domain (secured for a fraction) Flawless seamless experience Backed by the blockchain in an invisible way Yet no one's talking about its biggest bull point👇 https://t.co/bpg9Q41i55 Redacted by @Azuki has revealed to be anime(dot)com the flagship hub for all things" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1834535376179839379) 2024-09-13T10:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@Credzilla If there's no NDA perhaps the project will consider revealing the transaction price so that it can be "charted" on @DNJournal and other sites It might boost publicity for the Azuki project too (e.g. all the publicity the Friend.com deal got. https://dnjournal.com/ytd-sales-charts.htm https://dnjournal.com/ytd-sales-charts.htm" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1834540140175278323) 2024-09-13T10:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Poll: How will the [--] bps rate cut by the Federal Reserve impact the domain name market 🤔 Helps it 😀 Hurts it ☹ No impact 😐 Helps it 😀 Hurts it ☹ No impact 😐" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1836476985431695452) 2024-09-18T18:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I think they're off by far more than just that. They claim there are [---] million total domains registered across all TLDs: compared with Verisign's latest DNIB number of [-----] million. (of course VRSN is no longer counting freebie .tk but that's nowhere close to explaining the magnitude of the difference) https://dnib.com/articles/the-domain-name-industry-brief-q2-2024 https://domainnamestat.com/statistics/tldtype/all https://dnib.com/articles/the-domain-name-industry-brief-q2-2024 https://domainnamestat.com/statistics/tldtype/all" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1839038645694517428) 2024-09-25T20:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Here we go again. #ICANN 💩 just opened up a new comment period for renewal of the dot-com agreement with the abusive monopolist Verisign. $VRSN https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-renewal-of-the-registry-agreement-for-com-26-09-2024#main https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-renewal-of-the-registry-agreement-for-com-26-09-2024#main" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1839364506096693295) 2024-09-26T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "In case folks didnt notice the comment period ends on the same date as the US election (November [--] 2024). #ICANN 💩and the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN obviously did this in the hopes that people will be focused on more important issues like the election so that their schemes face little opposition. Here we go again. #ICANN 💩 just opened up a new comment period for renewal of the dot-com agreement with the abusive monopolist Verisign. $VRSN https://t.co/zDRhDZrI2y Here we go again. #ICANN 💩 just opened up a new comment period for renewal of the dot-com agreement with the abusive" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1839389964800528787) 2024-09-26T19:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I wonder if @OpenAI plans to rebrand to o.com giving the abusive monopolist Verisign a financial boost and ending Overstocks dream upgrade The new logo along with @sama Sam Altmans rivalry with X owner @elonmusk might hint at the war of the short domain names https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/openai-is-testing-a-new-logo-its-employees-hate-it.html https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/openai-is-testing-a-new-logo-its-employees-hate-it.html" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1839434632585941131) 2024-09-26T22:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Perhaps its the Tic-tac-toe war i.e. x vs o I wonder if @OpenAI plans to rebrand to o.com giving the abusive monopolist Verisign a financial boost and ending Overstocks dream upgrade The new logo along with @sama Sam Altmans rivalry with X owner @elonmusk might hint at the war of the short domain names I wonder if @OpenAI plans to rebrand to o.com giving the abusive monopolist Verisign a financial boost and ending Overstocks dream upgrade The new logo along with @sama Sam Altmans rivalry with X owner @elonmusk might hint at the war of the short domain names" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1839435504858628288) 2024-09-26T22:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@_Bashar @OpenAI @sama @elonmusk I believe it is already allowed see Appendix [--] (approved services) of the agreement thats out for public comment today. (Last line of page [---] and top of page 108) https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-renewal-of-the-registry-agreement-for-com-26-09-2024 https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-renewal-of-the-registry-agreement-for-com-26-09-2024" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1839436998966444065) 2024-09-26T22:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@_Bashar @OpenAI @sama @elonmusk The presumptive renewal clause which is inherently anti-competitive is the issue. Itd take an antitrust lawsuit and a court case that goes to the Supreme Court. Nobody has stepped up. Perhaps one day if I have cashed out Ill give it a go. 💪 (if I can get standing)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1839441693441245528) 2024-09-26T23:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Itd be interesting to be a fly on the wall at the abusive monopolist Verisigns meetings.their stock price is in the dumps (with a market cap quite a bit lower than GoDaddy) so Id bet theyre already talking If not they will after todays posts/tweets. 🤣 (feel free to send out royalties if its the latter)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1839451843274965432) 2024-09-26T23:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@domain_org @_Bashar @OpenAI @sama @elonmusk The Google antitrust case has taken [--] years: and certainly Google will appeal. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Google_LLC_(2020) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Google_LLC_(2020)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1839503346408870279) 2024-09-27T03:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@DomainGoodness @OpenAI @sama @elonmusk https://www.reuters.com/legal/elon-musk-sues-openai-ceo-sam-altman-breach-contract-2024-03-01/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/elon-musk-sues-openai-ceo-sam-altman-breach-contract-2024-03-01/" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1839635209572040806) 2024-09-27T11:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Just [--] comments have been submitted to #ICANN 💩so far (with slightly more than [--] hours left unless they decide to extend the deadline) namely my own and [--] others. Compare the depth and quality of the responses and you can understand why the folks at ICANN WIPO and the abusive monopolist Verisign dont want me directly participating in any of the working groups. They want sheep 🐑 that they can lead to slaughter not lions. 🦁 Only sheep could have allowed such a low quality report to have been published. Lets see who stands behind that garbage and who disavows its recommendations." [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1840443863875436613) 2024-09-29T17:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "It's better to own elite domain names rather than commercial real estate these days. WOW this is an outrageous deal. An 10-story office building in Portland recently sold for $3.3M or a shocking $33 per sq ft The seller acquired the building for $10M in [----] and reportedly spent $30M renovating the 100k SF building These are wild times for B/C class https://t.co/UZDO5ID3ms WOW this is an outrageous deal. An 10-story office building in Portland recently sold for $3.3M or a shocking $33 per sq ft The seller acquired the building for $10M in [----] and reportedly spent $30M renovating the 100k SF" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1842174149218693134) 2024-10-04T12:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Even with shares of TD Bank closing down by over 5% today my very boring stock portfolio managed to eke out a tiny gain overall. (+0.04%) 💪 #Diversification" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1844476406006440001) 2024-10-10T20:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@domain_org @BradenPollock @zuiker_chris @DomainKing There's a deli by that name: in Toronto. Perhaps worth 4-figures to them. It might have some AI potential though "LAMBO: Large AI Model Empowered Edge Intelligence" It's also a surname. https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.15078 https://www.tastetoronto.com/spots/lambos-deli https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.15078 https://www.tastetoronto.com/spots/lambos-deli" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1848806659327422807) 2024-10-22T19:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Poll: $14 million for domain name http://Rocket.com Win for the buyer Win for the seller Win-win for both http://Rocket.com Win for the buyer Win for the seller Win-win for both" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1849960733049553161) 2024-10-25T23:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@adamstrong If you're looking for domain name candidates for 9-figure transactions that has to be on the list The seller (L3Harris $LHX) has a $47 billion market cap. What's $14 million to them It's a rounding error. The buyer has a $32 Billion market cap" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1850000217132712205) 2024-10-26T02:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@dottv @adamstrong That buyer has significant cash on their balance sheet. (expand the "Total Assets" to drill down and look at quarterly numbers not annual). https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RKT/balance-sheet/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RKT/balance-sheet/" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1850277844288504010) 2024-10-26T20:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@TLDInvestors @bubblesmcknight @DomainingCom It takes what [--] millisecond to hit the "retweet" button Ask Andrew exactly why he didn't do it @DomainGang retweeted. @DNJournal did" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1850885561055101229) 2024-10-28T13:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The usual pattern is for folks to UPGRADE their domain names not to DOWNGRADE them. I think you'll find that most folks who own the .com will have little interest in acquiring new gTLDs (with an exception being some of the most risk-averse global brands who tend to defensively register all TLDs)" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1851626083071783170) 2024-10-30T14:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "To reach the top sometimes you need just one extra ingredient. For the Dodgers that was clearly Shohei Ohtani in [----]. He's worth every penny of his $700MM contract. For online businesses that missing ingredient might be an elite domain name. 🚀 That domain name will usually cost far less than $700 million" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1851925821528723602) 2024-10-31T09:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "UPtv rebranded from GMC because: The GMC name came with a large problem. There was also this little truck company in Detroit that wouldnt give up: Humbard says with a laugh 😂 https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/uptv-20-year-anniversary-1236193105/ http://GMC.com https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/uptv-20-year-anniversary-1236193105/ http://GMC.com" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1851971366976721177) 2024-10-31T12:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In case you hadn't noticed #ICANN 💩 plans to publish the staff summary of the .COM renewal public comments on November [--] [----] after #ICANN81 concludes: They're following the exact same playbook from 2020: which was intentional to avoid public scrutiny. #Accountability https://freespeech.com/2020/03/07/icann-delays-staff-report-on-verisign-dot-com-contract-until-after-icann67-meeting/ https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann81/ https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-renewal-of-the-registry-agreement-for-com-26-09-2024 https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann81/" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1853582452821725291) 2024-11-04T23:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Shares of Tucows $TCX hit a new 52-week low today: Their market cap is now roughly USD $180 million (although their enterprise value is higher including debt). NB: I have no investment position in any domain name registrars or registries. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TCX/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TCX/" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1854897109700313430) 2024-11-08T14:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "When Juan Soto turned down a $440 million contract extension many folks didnt understand. The same thing happens when some turn down what others perceive to be high domain name offers. #BetOnYourself #KnowYourWorth" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1854899674353688920) 2024-11-08T14:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@dottv It's bad for diversification for me to invest in domain name registrars/registries. But if the price was supercheap I *might* consider an investment" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1855019594907254990) 2024-11-08T22:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@WilliamShatner Perhaps you've not considered every possibility Suppose your legion of fans and supporters raised $1 million (or $5 million or a different figure) for your favourite charity 🐎 in order to appear on Joe Rogan Would you then sit down for that [--] hour podcast 🤔 #KnowYourWorth" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1855555554388701638) 2024-11-10T10:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "From todays WSJ: Listings for trophy homes inevitably draw millions of eyeballs. Agents must determine whether interested parties are qualified buyers before they let them in the door. This advice applies to trophy domain names as well. 💯 https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/100-million-dollar-home-sales-fd50ea48 https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/100-million-dollar-home-sales-fd50ea48" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1857425026359685485) 2024-11-15T14:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "While the article below is about real estate the reasoning certainly also applies to top domain names. Theyre not making any more Fifth Avenues Fifth Avenue is effectively eternal said Mr. Silverman who also brokered the Prada Kering and Uniqlo deals with Mr. Phillips at Eastdil. When the opportunity arises to secure a location that youre sure youll want forever why would you not think about securing it https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/realestate/retailers-fifth-avenue.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/realestate/retailers-fifth-avenue.html" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1858173253874749773) 2024-11-17T15:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@wwwsnoopy1683 It is listed at: as a meaning for that acronym https://www.acronymfinder.com/SUW.html https://www.acronymfinder.com/SUW.html" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1860810412008120589) 2024-11-24T22:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Inspired by Snoopy's post: What are the [--] best domain names you own 🤔 I'll start it off. [--]. school.com [--]. math.com [--]. leap.com only those in the "Elite Domain Name Owners" community can reply --- let's show them how it's done https://x.com/wwwsnoopy1683/status/1861891121762410572 https://x.com/wwwsnoopy1683/status/1861891121762410572 Welcome to shitsville https://x.com/wwwsnoopy1683/status/1861891121762410572 https://x.com/wwwsnoopy1683/status/1861891121762410572 Welcome to shitsville" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1861894834899873933) 2024-11-27T22:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "When I go for groceries I take the shopping cart up and down every single aisle in the store even when I have a shopping list. #FOMO 🤪" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1864786198373273807) 2024-12-05T21:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I hope that domain name registrars and financial institutions heed their advice. #security Feds Warn SMS Authentication Is Unsafe https://t.co/IG5ibnqPfH Feds Warn SMS Authentication Is Unsafe https://t.co/IG5ibnqPfH" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1869863793431588976) 2024-12-19T21:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Quite a lot left on the table given the AI coding tool is valued at $2.6 Billion: Do your research 🤦♂ https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/in-just-4-months-ai-coding-assistant-cursor-raised-another-100m-at-a-2-5b-valuation-led-by-thrive-sources-say/ https://t.co/lQERECDWse sold for $399000 https://t.co/QYDDITADmK https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/in-just-4-months-ai-coding-assistant-cursor-raised-another-100m-at-a-2-5b-valuation-led-by-thrive-sources-say/ https://t.co/lQERECDWse sold for $399000 https://t.co/QYDDITADmK" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1873043508237664561) 2024-12-28T16:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "From it appears to have changed use from May to June [----]. So it was widely known then that it was a popular AI editor at that time. They had already raised $8MM in September 2023: and were all over my X/Twitter feed in terms of AI usage and tools for programming. I don't want to make this thread about me but folks who've approached me about domain names in my company's portfolio know that I'm very deliberate in my negotiations.the 'principals only' approach weeds out those trying to bamboozle me. If the owner was approached via a broker that broker might have even been compensated extra for" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1873051182232416325) 2024-12-28T16:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@StuntPope I did the same thing but for some protein bars sold only in the US best I ever had). But the costs ended up being ridiculously expensive after all was said and done. A merger with the US would solve so many issues http://DavidProtein.com http://DavidProtein.com" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1874219465426285037) 2024-12-31T22:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Show me you're a 'beta' without using the word 'beta'. 😇 Any tips on negotiating with/buying from domain squatters I hate that it's even a thing tbh. Such a bullshit way for anyone to make money. But this is the world we made. Any tips on negotiating with/buying from domain squatters I hate that it's even a thing tbh. Such a bullshit way for anyone to make money. But this is the world we made" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1878757897586573743) 2025-01-13T10:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Apparently this former Navy Seal 'Dave Madden' is living in tough times given that Republicans have swept into power: Other Navy Seals fought and died for our economic system of capitalism. Imagine that someone already invented a system that allocates scarce resources in an efficient manner https://thehill.com/homenews/4955936-sheehy-critics-under-fire-for-past-comments/ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/seal-team-commander-blasts-misguided-wrong-claims-contradicting-senate-candidates-bullet-wound https://thehill.com/homenews/4955936-sheehy-critics-under-fire-for-past-comments/" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1878761610149306433) 2025-01-13T11:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Go Bills #BillsMafia Poll: Who will win tonight 🏈 Poll: Who will win tonight 🏈" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1881119236103491861) 2025-01-19T23:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "If you have a Toronto Public Library membership you can read the complete WSJ (and many other newspapers including the Toronto Star National Post NY Times etc.) for FREE using PressReader. See: Their iPad app is excellent. Your tax dollars at work. https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jspEntt=RDMEDB0195&R=EDB0195 https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jspEntt=RDMEDB0195&R=EDB0195 https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jspEntt=RDMEDB0195&R=EDB0195 https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jspEntt=RDMEDB0195&R=EDB0195" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1883088681650528560) 2025-01-25T09:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "One benefit of being the 51st state would be that Canadians would be able to see all the Super Bowl commercials live I finally caught up with Sunday's commercials via: I liked the Pfizer and Budweiser (First Delivery) ones most. https://www.ispot.tv/events/2025-super-bowl-commercials https://www.ispot.tv/events/2025-super-bowl-commercials" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1889301863767388317) 2025-02-11T13:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Consumers Say an Oddly Spelled Domain Name Gives Them the Ick survey from GoDaddy https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/consumers-say-an-oddly-spelled-domain-name-gives-them-the-ick-302412860.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/consumers-say-an-oddly-spelled-domain-name-gives-them-the-ick-302412860.html" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1905274709056377237) 2025-03-27T15:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Actually it looks like a deal for the ai.com domain name has already happened as the prior owner was in Malaysia but the current (redacted) ownership is showing Hong Kong. The ai.com domain name's lock status changed today. Perhaps a sale/transfer is about to happen for it. 🍿 https://t.co/yAGR4ssnvc The ai.com domain name's lock status changed today. Perhaps a sale/transfer is about to happen for it. 🍿 https://t.co/yAGR4ssnvc" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1908173009858269664) 2025-04-04T15:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "ai.com domain name status has now updated to "pending transfer". 🍿Perhaps the prior owner (@arsyan) will "ACK" the transfer so that it will conclude faster. If #ICANN💩had adopted my "push" transfer system proposal the transfer would have already completed by now" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1908178559614513368) 2025-04-04T15:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Liberal regime that thinks they can fix the housing market in Canada (whatever that means) is the same group that hasnt been able to fix [--] Sussex Drive (official residence of the prime minister) in a decade. 🤡" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1919385173776290179) 2025-05-05T13:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@TLDInvestors @NamePros @afternic Id have to go back and check but I think it was a couple of years later. Price was subject to NDA though" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1919555064911290734) 2025-05-06T00:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@TLDInvestors @NamePros @afternic When Im a washed-up has-been and write that book perhaps I can buyout some of the old NDA clauses for historical accuracy. 😂" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1919555845651660829) 2025-05-06T00:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@onlinedomaincom @DomainGang I read that they are/were trained using DNAcademy: I havent ever seen that material (never needed it) but perhaps GoDaddy wasted their money given the results. Those who can do; those who cant teach https://www.inforum.in/threads/godaddy-selects-dnacademy-for-afternic-broker-training.24884/ https://www.inforum.in/threads/godaddy-selects-dnacademy-for-afternic-broker-training.24884/" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1919782585216929981) 2025-05-06T15:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@dotcorner You can get two different ISPs in many areas (eg Bell and Rogers or Telus Teksavvy etc). In remote areas can get Starlink" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1925189091055825259) 2025-05-21T13:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I'm drafting my comments to #ICANN 💩 relating to domain transfers: (deadline is Monday) The final report insults the intelligence of the public and should be an embarassment to all those who supported and/or rubber-stamped it. #garbage #incompetence https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/transfer-policy-review-working-group-final-report-for-icann-board-consideration-28-04-2025 https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/transfer-policy-review-working-group-final-report-for-icann-board-consideration-28-04-2025" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1933705870237433964) 2025-06-14T01:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Just blogged: My Comments To The #ICANN 💩 Board Regarding The Transfer Policy Final Report It is open for public comments until 23:59 UTC time on Monday June [--] [----] (less than [--] hours from the time of this tweet). https://freespeech.com/2025/06/16/my-comments-to-the-icann-board-regarding-the-transfer-policy-final-report/ https://freespeech.com/2025/06/16/my-comments-to-the-icann-board-regarding-the-transfer-policy-final-report/ https://freespeech.com/2025/06/16/my-comments-to-the-icann-board-regarding-the-transfer-policy-final-report/" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1934466476104089953) 2025-06-16T04:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "This approaching heat wave in Toronto does have some positives 🍦🍨" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1935733169980117277) 2025-06-19T16:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Toronto Stock Exchange when the US markets have a holiday" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1935778552810721399) 2025-06-19T19:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@tsfogarty [--] days ago. https://www.finsmes.com/2025/06/zoot-raises-6m-in-seed-funding.html https://www.finsmes.com/2025/06/zoot-raises-6m-in-seed-funding.html" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1936102168978727368) 2025-06-20T16:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Im at University of Torontos Convocation Hall waiting to see @NobelPrize winner Geoffrey Hintons #AI lecture this afternoon" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1937936107142058052) 2025-06-25T18:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Reminder: The NYSE & NASDAQ markets close at [--] pm Eastern today: in case you're wondering why your stocks aren't moving in the afternoon. 🤣 The Toronto Stock Exchange: doesn't close early today. https://www.tsx.com/en/trading/calendars-and-trading-hours/calendar https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stock-market-holiday-schedule https://www.nyse.com/markets/hours-calendars https://www.tsx.com/en/trading/calendars-and-trading-hours/calendar https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stock-market-holiday-schedule https://www.nyse.com/markets/hours-calendars" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1940817060369781169) 2025-07-03T16:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "When the voice.com domain name changed hands for USD $30 million the price of bitcoin closed at $9081.76 (June [--] 2019). Today bitcoin topped $116000. Should domain name values and those of other digital assets have a higher correlation with BTC 🤔" [X Link](https://x.com/GeorgeKirikos/status/1943491812020117870) 2025-07-11T02:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@GeorgeKirikos George Kirikos
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Social Influence
Social category influence finance stocks technology brands countries currencies travel destinations social networks celebrities cryptocurrencies exchanges
Social topic influence domain, toronto, canada, elon musk, $vrsn #4, more than, in the, kris, acquisition, ai
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @dnjournal @namebio @tldinvestors @elonmusk @kris @domaingang @dinvesting @openai @tbpn @domainking @sama @morganlinton @godaddy @domain @billackman @domainname @andrewrosener @bashar @adamstrong @namepros
Top assets mentioned Verisign, Inc. (VRSN) Bitcoin (BTC) GoDaddy, Inc. (GDDY) Exxon Mobil (XOM) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) MMX (MMX) GrokCoin (GROKCOIN) Azuki (azuki) The Official [--] coin (76) Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"The Housing Market Is Slumpingbut Sales Over $10 Million Are Skyrocketing via @WSJ https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/luxury-home-sales-deaeeb89 https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/luxury-home-sales-deaeeb89"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The abusive monopolist #Verisign $VRSN reports their earnings after the market closes today (February [--] 2026). NB: I don't have a position in Verisign or any other domain-related public company"
X Link 2026-02-05T12:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Shares of the abusive monopolist #Verisign $VRSN hit a 52-week low today down 11.64% at the moment: tro trade at $214.38/share. "We're not done until Verisign trades below one." NB: I have no position in Verisign shares or those of any other publicly traded domain name industry company. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/quote/VRSN/ https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/quote/VRSN/"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Both GoDaddy $GDDY and Tucows $TCX report quarterly earnings after the close of trading today: NB: I have no position in either company (or any other domain name registrar/registry for that matter). https://www.tucows.com/news/tucows-announces-timing-for-q3-2023-financial-results-news-release-and-management-commentary https://aboutus.godaddy.net/newsroom/news-releases/press-release-details/2023/GoDaddy-Inc.-to-Announce-Third-Quarter-2023-Financial-Results-on-Thursday-Nov.-2-2023/default.aspx"
X Link 2023-11-02T12:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Crypto.com domain name was acquired for USD $12 million as mentioned in the first few minutes of this interview. In case you missed it 👇 Interview with @kris on @tbpn ✨ https://t.co/3O5PgDrmB3 In case you missed it 👇 Interview with @kris on @tbpn ✨ https://t.co/3O5PgDrmB3"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@DomainGang @DInvesting @NameBio @tbpn @kris @domain Once a parasite always a parasite. 😉"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"New 52-week low for GoDaddy $GDDY today. NB: I have no position in their stock or that of any other publicly traded domain industry company. https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/gddy https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/gddy"
X Link 2026-02-11T17:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The local government initially offered the Creuziger family in Mount Pleasant Wisconsin about a third of that sum in [----] as a part of an agreement with the Foxconn Technology Group. But the family refused opting to hold out for a better offer. #KnowYourWorth Microsoft just paid $76 million for a Wisconsin pumpkin farm https://t.co/LtCd0AZ1tl Microsoft just paid $76 million for a Wisconsin pumpkin farm https://t.co/LtCd0AZ1tl"
X Link 2023-12-23T00:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"FYI due to a new SEC filing I've revised the original article about the Grove.com domain name to lower the value to USD $656000: given it is now explicit in a new filing (rather than an inferred value as per the original article). https://freespeech.com/2022/03/12/grove-com-domain-name-acquired-for-873000-in-2019-by-grove-collaborative/ Just blogged: Grove(.)com domain name acquired for $873000 in [----] by Grove Collaborative @DNJournal @NameBio https://t.co/29Uput5evs https://freespeech.com/2022/03/12/grove-com-domain-name-acquired-for-873000-in-2019-by-grove-collaborative/ Just blogged:"
X Link 2025-05-17T14:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Withings Did you mean [----] (instead of 2025)"
X Link 2026-02-06T22:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@morganlinton @Scobleizer @DarioAmodei @nikitabier And he's taken it to the next level using his Apple Vision Pro with it (and I know you have the Apple Vision Pro too) I still don't own one.maybe one day. https://x.com/scobleizer/status/1755410134157922520 Now do you get why @elonmusk bought Twitter Here I am using X Pro (formerly known as Tweetdeck) while at a Tesla supercharger in my Apple Vision Pro. I was doing a FaceTime call with my producer @grantmweston and playing music too. He told me he didnt hear any music even https://t.co/xLX3tluDLm"
X Link 2026-02-08T11:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Wed have had a better show tonight if the Buffalo Bills had made it. 🥱 #BillsMafia"
X Link 2026-02-09T00:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The privacy policy (and the terms and conditions) of the ai.com website reference the company as: Mentat Forge Research Pte. Ltd. which is based in Singapore. Ill update my country data for the 2-letter dotcoms based on this new info. Yes reading the legalese of the website is more exciting than this football game 😴💤 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020680506585526734 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020680506585526734"
X Link 2026-02-09T02:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Mentat.com is listed for sale for a mere USD $550K at GoDaddy. They might want to add that to their collection @kris @esqCRO The privacy policy (and the terms and conditions) of the ai.com website reference the company as: Mentat Forge Research Pte. Ltd. which is based in Singapore. Ill update my country data for the 2-letter dotcoms based on this new info. Yes reading the legalese of the The privacy policy (and the terms and conditions) of the ai.com website reference the company as: Mentat Forge Research Pte. Ltd. which is based in Singapore. Ill update my country data for the 2-letter"
X Link 2026-02-09T02:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"P.S. Im not the owner of the Mentat.com domain name"
X Link 2026-02-09T02:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@TLDInvestors Where was it reported before yesterday 🤔"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Yup for phone itll be tougher. We should move to a system where the caller pays per outbound call with the fees going to the receiver (minus say 5% for the carriers). The recipients can cancel the fees if they hit a star code at the end of a call. Thatd wipe out spam calls. For email folks will likely be more willing to open an email from an unknown sender with a good domain I think. Instead of focusing on the subject line folks would look at the From address (and one can reduce spoofing via SPF records etc.). Might eventually need to go to a pay to send model eventually for that too"
X Link 2026-02-11T22:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@DomainGang #math"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Actually they might be the owner of Twitter(.)eu but theyre not managing it properly (nameservers still with Sedo etc)"
X Link 2022-11-28T00:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
""You learn in this business: It you want a friend get a dog." -- Carl Icahn @Carl_C_Icahn"
X Link 2023-11-14T15:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"No it wasnt sufficient. His article had nothing of value that I hadnt already found on my own and reported on. He simply wanted some page views without putting in the hard work that I did. If he thinks Im going to let this go hes severely miscalculated. This has already cost Bill Sweetman too. I referred multiple people to his company in the past few months (maybe they didnt note that I was the one who sent them in his direction but I have the receipts). He earned an unfollow today"
X Link 2024-05-12T01:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I'm going to give everyone "amnesty" and wipe clean my block list (to allow those with $10MM+ in domains who want to join the new Twitter community) ☮ Here was the root cause of the issue: "Blocked accounts If an account blocks a moderator or a moderator blocks an account the account will not be allowed to join the Community. If the account is already a member they will be removed from the Community and they will receive a notification. This is to ensure moderators can see all Community posts." Although if this proves problematic it's easy to reblock folks (one of the mods/members was"
X Link 2024-09-10T20:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This was already revealed in September by me: but keep grinding. 🤣 https://x.com/georgekirikos/status/1832469611440460185s=61&t=uBZufR9g_PdhppuYF8xuag The buyer of https://t.co/nyyMJ7ZxId has been revealed. The domain name was sold in a deal overseen by Andrew Miller of Hilco Digital. The buyer of this exceptional domain name is @RocketCompanies. This was a smart strategic acquisition for the brand. https://t.co/gWFbc9ovoY https://x.com/georgekirikos/status/1832469611440460185s=61&t=uBZufR9g_PdhppuYF8xuag The buyer of https://t.co/nyyMJ7ZxId has been revealed. The domain name was sold in a"
X Link 2024-10-24T14:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"While I have your attention due to my recent blog post there is some justice in the field of domain name "journalism". It looks like the rape "joke" blogger is a few steps away from having to start an OnlyFans page given he's begging for donations on his blog. 🤣"
X Link 2024-10-26T01:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"And also podcasts where he appears as a guest. Will strongly be considering blocking all future GUESTS on his podcast too. Since he is essentially saying "fuck you" politeness is no longer an option. I do own https://t.co/GjXdSzJn7H . pick a side. If you're not on my side then you better not be associated with his side. Will strongly be considering blocking all future GUESTS on his podcast too. Since he is essentially saying "fuck you" politeness is no longer an option. I do own https://t.co/GjXdSzJn7H . pick a side. If you're not on my side then you better not be associated with his side"
X Link 2024-10-28T15:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I added to my comments to #ICANN 💩 to clarify the important distinction betwen registry services provided by the abusive monopolist Verisign vs the underlying domain names. Some attempt to conflate the two to distract from $VRSN's abusive monopoly. https://freespeech.com/2024/11/05/my-comments-to-icann-opposing-the-2024-com-renewal/ Just blogged: My Comments to #ICANN💩Opposing the [----] .COM Renewal https://t.co/ci2yZzZwuJ The deadline for submissions is 23:59 UTC time today (November [--] 2024). https://freespeech.com/2024/11/05/my-comments-to-icann-opposing-the-2024-com-renewal/ Just blogged:"
X Link 2024-11-05T14:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN registered the domain name VerisignForHumans.com this past week. A new PR shift 👾👽🛸 VerisignForAliens.com is unregistered at the time of this post"
X Link 2024-11-30T13:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@dommunity I suspect some adjust the price depending on the commission of the marketplace so that might account for some of what you see. Plus some listings might be stale/unauthorized inventory"
X Link 2025-08-15T18:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Fake news from the copycat parasite blogger as noted earlier: as it wasnt arms length. https://x.com/georgekirikos/status/1979978059328692503s=46 https://t.co/Aw4M9fESqs was also added to the recent one word .com sale list. Per the @WIPO UDRP decision the domain name was acquired for [---] million on December [--] [----]. According to ChatGPT [--] = $1.06416 on 12/27 which is $1170576. https://t.co/AHHuKQZqZK https://x.com/georgekirikos/status/1979978059328692503s=46 https://t.co/Aw4M9fESqs was also added to the recent one word .com sale list. Per the @WIPO UDRP decision the domain name was acquired"
X Link 2025-10-19T18:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"With Amazon based in Seattle the next AWS outage might be ca-central-1 ⚾😎"
X Link 2025-10-21T03:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Lrex Anything can happenotherwise we wouldnt be watching. 😉"
X Link 2025-10-25T00:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"DJIA -- down 1.65% S&P [---] -- down 1.66% NASDAQ -- down 2.29% Toronto Stock Exchange -- down 1.86% My ultra-boring portfolio of dividend-paying stocks was down only 0.36% today -- it feels like a win 💪"
X Link 2025-11-13T23:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"A Cyprus media company acquired the ink.com domain name: They reported it a couple of weeks ago. https://digitaltree.com.cy/news/digital-tree-acquires-premium-domain-inkcom-redefining-future-media-cyprus https://digitaltree.com.cy/news/digital-tree-acquires-premium-domain-inkcom-redefining-future-media-cyprus"
X Link 2025-11-26T02:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff @Benioff says he might rename the company 'Agentforce' (link in reply) Poll: What's the valuation of the AF.com domain name if he does this 🤔 $10 million $10MM to $50MM $100 million $50000001 to $100MM $10 million $10MM to $50MM $100 million $50000001 to $100MM"
X Link 2025-12-12T14:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Here's the link to the article: https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-marc-benioff-says-he-might-rename-company-agentforce-2025-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-marc-benioff-says-he-might-rename-company-agentforce-2025-12"
X Link 2025-12-12T14:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The hardcover version of Atomic Habits by @JamesClear is on sale for only $14.95 at Amazon Canada. Its a great read to start the New Year I give away so many copies of it I bought three more (the limit)"
X Link 2025-12-24T16:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Currently Reading: You to the Power of Two: Redefining Human Potential in the Age of Identic AI Join to see what others in the domain name community are reading or share what you're reading (or have read) via a profile.📚 http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225642104-you-to-the-power-of-two http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225642104-you-to-the-power-of-two http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225642104-you-to-the-power-of-two http://DomainLiterati.com"
X Link 2025-12-26T17:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@BillAckman It'd be much better to eliminate income taxes completely and directly tax consumption. Your proposal is essentially making minor modifications to indirectly tax that eventual consumption (that would result from the loans) whereas it's far more efficient to tax it directly"
X Link 2025-12-29T19:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Modern_Woodsman @BillAckman One can still make it progressive via rebates or credits for the poorest (which is done here in Canada for the HST sales tax). Unfortunately the way politics often works one might end up with both a consumption tax AND an income tax 🤦♂"
X Link 2025-12-30T01:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@Modern_Woodsman @BillAckman Its not a rebate per purchase. Youre right though that the Canadian tax system is even worse. Both countries need to greatly simplify and reform their systems"
X Link 2025-12-30T15:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@morganlinton @WHOOP How does it compare to an Oura Ring I never liked wearing a watch to sleep (or having to charge it before sleeping) so the Oura ring has been great for me over the past few years"
X Link 2026-01-01T23:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Currently Reading: Intentional: How to Finish What You Start (by @Chris_Bailey) Join to see what others in the domain name community are reading or share what you're reading (or have read) via a profile.📚 http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231108743-intentional http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231108743-intentional http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231108743-intentional http://DomainLiterati.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231108743-intentional"
X Link 2026-01-11T22:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@chamath Please rescue Canada from this insanity too"
X Link 2026-01-19T23:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"GoDaddy revenue composition for 2014: Domains - $763MM Hosting - $508MM Business Apps - $116MM http://t.co/GzzIV2pIIF (page 71) http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609711/000119312515060244/d728713ds1a.htm http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609711/000119312515060244/d728713ds1a.htm"
X Link 2015-02-25T00:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Minds+Machines $MMX shares sink to a new 52-week low today NB: I have no position in this stock #ICANN #newgTLDs http://www.lse.co.uk/SharePrice.aspshareprice=MMX&share=minds+mach http://www.lse.co.uk/SharePrice.aspshareprice=MMX&share=minds+mach"
X Link 2018-05-29T12:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@DomainNameWire If you search it says that it is Mike & Megan McConville. According to he was formerly of Domain Holdings. https://angel.co/mike-mcconville http://Sunbiz.org https://angel.co/mike-mcconville http://Sunbiz.org"
X Link 2019-10-24T16:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Interesting article re: how voice(.)com was negotiated. They didn't get on the phone until there was a $22 million offer https://cryptonews.com/news/from-usd-150k-to-30m-how-microstrategy-ceo-sold-voice-com-to-7742.htm https://cryptonews.com/news/from-usd-150k-to-30m-how-microstrategy-ceo-sold-voice-com-to-7742.htm"
X Link 2020-09-17T17:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TLDInvestors I believe the application fees are on the order of $185000 or so (might even be going down). So one could easily raise those funds without selling valuable existing domain holdings"
X Link 2020-10-02T17:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Royal Bank of Canada appears to have used @GoDaddy's Corporate Domains (formerly known as Brandsight) division to acquire the RBCx(.)com domain name from a Chinese registrant between December and January in advance of their newly launched RBCx platform. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/royal-bank-of-canada-launches-rbcx-to-support-visionary-technology-entrepreneurs-850962773.html https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/royal-bank-of-canada-launches-rbcx-to-support-visionary-technology-entrepreneurs-850962773.html"
X Link 2021-06-15T16:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@wolfofdomains @DotWeekly I'm not sure -- I must have missed it in my RSS feed. There's too much news these days it's like a fire hose"
X Link 2022-01-13T15:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"It looks like the FTC is going to finally crack down on anti-competitive behaviour. Perhaps the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN will finally lose its no-bid dot-com contract #ICANN 💩 #Competition #monopoly https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/11/ftc-restores-rigorous-enforcement-law-banning-unfair-methods-competition https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/11/ftc-restores-rigorous-enforcement-law-banning-unfair-methods-competition"
X Link 2022-11-10T20:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Just like isnt redirecting to the .com someone needs to inventory their domain holdings and strategize. How many folks in the world have better knowledge of domains 🤔 http://Twitter.ca http://Twitter.ca"
X Link 2022-11-28T00:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Live #SCOTUS audio for Twitter Inc. v. Taamneh begins at [--] am Eastern Time. It will consider Section [---] immunity issues just like yesterday's case involving Google/YouTube. 👨⚖👨⚖👨⚖👩⚖👩⚖👨⚖👨⚖👩⚖👩⚖ https://www.c-span.org/video/525336-1/justices-tech-companies-liability-terrorism-content-sites https://www.supremecourt.gov/ https://www.c-span.org/video/525336-1/justices-tech-companies-liability-terrorism-content-sites https://www.supremecourt.gov/"
X Link 2023-02-22T14:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Dot-Brand owners seek an 80% reduction in fees from #ICANN 💩 (from $25K/yr minimum to $5K/yr minimum) How many of those dot-Brand bagholders spoke out against the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN to reduce the excessive fees that are ultimately charged to registrants (via registrars) of dot-COM and dot-NET domain names🤔 These #CorporateWelfare fans knew what they were signing on to but now regret their poor decisions. They thought they were buying💎 but ended up with 💩🚽. If they don't want to live up to the terms of their contracts they can always abandon their TLDs like so many others"
X Link 2023-05-11T17:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I'm doing another deep dive into the #ICANN💩 proposed renewal of the .NET agreement with the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN and noticed that on page [--] of the redline: they've removed the text "for initial (i.e. other than renewal) registration at the second level within the TLD." This means that CURRENTLY REGISTERED domains which appear in Appendix [--] might be DEACTIVATED (e.g. q.net and 2-character .net domains) In the "clean" version of the proposed agreement: it's on page [--] i.e.: "(d) Registry Operations. (i) Registration Restrictions. Registry Operator shall reserve and not register"
X Link 2023-05-23T18:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Internet Commerce Association @ICADomains has submitted their comments to #ICANN💩 regarding the proposed .NET renewal with the abusive monopolist Verisign. $VRSN Deadline for comments is Thursday May [--] [----] at 23:59 UTC time (2 days from now)"
X Link 2023-05-23T21:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"ICYMI: Our Comments to #ICANN💩 Opposing the Dot-NET Registry Agreement Renewal With Verisign The deadline for comments is Thursday May [--] [----] at 23:59 UTC (i.e. today)"
X Link 2023-06-29T01:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Are we supposed to believe that the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN is infallible and thus there's nothing to worry about by giving them "unlimited and sole discretion" 🤡 #ICANN💩 ICYMI: Our Comments to #ICANN💩 Opposing the Dot-NET Registry Agreement Renewal With Verisign The deadline for comments is Thursday May [--] [----] at 23:59 UTC (i.e. today). https://t.co/Vdrf3RFSUo ICYMI: Our Comments to #ICANN💩 Opposing the Dot-NET Registry Agreement Renewal With Verisign The deadline for comments is Thursday May [--] [----] at 23:59 UTC (i.e. today). https://t.co/Vdrf3RFSUo"
X Link 2023-05-25T12:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN wants us to believe that they're the owners of dot-COM and dot-NET have always been the owners and will always be the owners. #ICANN💩 is complicit in this historical revisionism. George Orwell warned us in [----]. The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia. Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past. Every record has been destroyed or falsified every book rewritten every picture has been repainted every statue and street"
X Link 2023-05-25T13:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"It was exactly one year ago today that I last shared details of a $10 million domain deal that was previously undocumented. I haven't shared any large chartable transactions that I've found in financial filings since then given the amount of parasitic 'journalism' out there"
X Link 2023-08-07T09:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@DInvesting Also mentioned on @DNJournal see: last year. https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2022/20220330.htm https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2022/20220330.htm"
X Link 2023-08-23T00:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles. Steve Jobs"
X Link 2023-08-30T13:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"If Stelco acquires US Steel that might free up the X ticker symbol for @elonmusk"
X Link 2023-09-22T11:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Does anyone have any experience with RingCentral How reliable has it been for you Do you use it for FAX If so is it reliable If you have had good or bad experiences I'd love to learn more. Feel free to share insights into other cloud-based phone systems (with FAX)"
X Link 2023-09-28T18:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"None of the above. Instead invest in very boring dividend-paying stocks. Use the income to pay for yacht/jet trips. Yachts & jets depreciate quickly and are high maintenance. "The two best days in a boat owner's life are the day they buy a boat and the day they sell it.""
X Link 2023-09-30T18:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Green Day - [--] Guns Official Music Video via @YouTube"
X Link 2023-10-07T18:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@domainname What interest rate do you pay on the loan 🤔 Is the loan denominated in USD or CNY"
X Link 2023-10-12T00:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This demonstrates again how poor this industry is at fundamental journalism/research when these "knowable" public transactions have sat for many months in SEC filings and are now finally being found. What have you all been doing for the past year or longer Too lazy to read the tweet below in detail but this too was known to me as early as June [--] [----] via the better URL at: (page 50) where it spells out the domain name exactly 🤦 "Other income (expense) for the year ended December [--] [----] resulted in net other income of $550854 as compared to net other expense of $40176 in the same prior year"
X Link 2023-10-12T01:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"This is yet another domain I've known about as early as June [--] [----] (I didn't post the SHA256 "proof" at the time though as I determined that tweeting such info would tip off others that they could look at recent filings and thereby reduce their amount of research) It also had details on seller's OTHER Bitcoin domain deal. But I found it via a different source (seller's financials) that says it was paid all at once via SEDAR (Canada's crappier version of EDGAR) (which was a link that has now changed see below for more info) Section [--] page 42: On [--] March [----] Banxa Holdings Inc sold domain"
X Link 2023-10-13T09:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Of course I also knew about the later WonderFi/Coinsquare filing: albeit on October [--] [----] (6 days ago). So Banxa (the seller) received all their money already (as noted in the prior tweet/post from the SEDAR/SEDAR+ filing) so it can actually be charted by @DNJournal"
X Link 2023-10-13T09:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Actually reviewing my other email archive I had an inkling about the Bitcoin.ca deal (but not yet the proof) as early as May [--] [----] as Banxa (the seller) mentioned in a press release (I was on the mailing list). See: "Sale of Domain Name On [--] March [----] Banxa Holdings Inc sold domain name for USD$250000. Total consideration of USD$224980 ($307525 CAD) was received on [--] March [----] (Consideration price included a commission fee of $25020USD). The carrying value of the domain names at the date of disposal was nil." At that point they didn't identify the domain name so that's why I kept"
X Link 2023-10-13T09:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"That rebrand is consistent with the acquisition I discussed in September: now redirects to as I correctly anticipated writing Perhaps this will be used for a rebranding of the company (instead of Holdings the M might stand for Mobility as they describe themselves as a leader in transportation and mobility)"
X Link 2023-10-27T13:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The market appears to like their quarterly earnings. At the time of this post GoDaddy $GDDY shares are up 12.13% and Tucows $TCX shares are up 16.03% 🚀🚀 NB: I have no position in either company's shares or any other registrar/registry"
X Link 2023-11-03T15:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Heres what the @GoDaddy domain name builder looks like for a 2-word domain name. I can also change the extension. Kudos for trying to innovate but ultimately I dont expect this tool will be useful to me in the current iteration"
X Link 2023-11-07T03:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Organizations that missed their shot at upgrading to the CF.com domain name include: - CloudFlare ($24B market cap) - Clinton Foundation (might still have a chance at the .org) - Cadillac Fairview -- large Canadian real estate firm #YouSnoozeYouLose"
X Link 2023-11-20T12:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Poll: Which of these [--] firms will buy the ai.com domain name 🤔 Or name a different company in a reply"
X Link 2023-11-20T13:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Sign Your Name to Europa Clipper's Message in a Bottle - Earths first mission to conduct detailed reconnaissance of Jupiters moon Europa. NASAs Europa Clipper will determine if this ocean world has environments suitable for life to exist"
X Link 2023-11-20T13:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Has anyone ever confirmed whether Elon Musk acquired the domain name 🤔 It was owned by a company called "Henkel" and still has the old DNS nameservers: but it was transferred to @GoDaddy in [----] whereas Henkel.com was never transferred (i.e. it's still at CSC registrar). If it was merely a change of registrar for Musk.com one would think Henkel's other domains would have moved. Elon Musk has X.com with @GoDaddy so conceivably he bought Musk.com but just hasn't ever bothered to update the DNS Perhaps one of the domain name brokers will spill the beans to take credit"
X Link 2023-11-20T14:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In advance of Black Friday I was wondering what new gadgets folks bought in the past year that they use regularly and would recommend 🤔 For myself my #1 choice would be my Oura Ring @ouraring Your turn"
X Link 2023-11-21T13:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"So far the "deals" for Black Friday have been pretty underwhelming.I'm going to keep my powder dry for Cyber Monday instead"
X Link 2023-11-24T11:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@SiddheshPatwar1 @DomainGang Las Vegas Review Journal (a newspaper) is the owner leasing it until it's paid in full: as per the WHOIS"
X Link 2023-12-07T11:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@domainname They need to open an office in Toronto Theres so much construction going on here and the traffic delays are horrible"
X Link 2023-12-14T16:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@domainname There are nearly [---] cranes in use in the city right now according to the latest Crane Index from Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB). Thats more cranes than New York Boston Los Angeles Seattle San Francisco and Washington. D.C. combined"
X Link 2023-12-14T16:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Does the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN really think we've forgotten about Zeus Kerravala and Steven Forrest Or CALinnovates LOL #ICANN 💩 #transparency https://circleid.com/posts/20231219-who-is-really-behind-the-plan-to-block-.web#comments https://circleid.com/posts/20231219-who-is-really-behind-the-plan-to-block-.web#comments"
X Link 2023-12-19T22:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@TLDInvestors Perhaps they would have still gone bankrupt but might have survived longer. With a .com itd be an asset in a bankruptcy auction. With a .co not so much"
X Link 2023-12-20T21:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"🎄❄☃ Merry Christmas☃❄🎄"
X Link 2023-12-25T11:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@domainzzz Yes my company owns those domain names (and others that are in my Twitter profile header image). None of them are listed in any marketplaces"
X Link 2024-01-06T22:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Buffalo Bills clinch a playoff spot (since the Jacksonville Jaguars just lost) The #BillsMafia can relax tonight (although a win over the Dolphins would be sweet)"
X Link 2024-01-07T20:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@DancerA Living in Toronto its the nearest NFL team so Ive followed them for many years"
X Link 2024-01-08T00:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@DancerA Indeed Bills fans have suffered a lonnggggg time which will make a Super Bowl win that much sweeter"
X Link 2024-01-08T02:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@DomainGang I wish that Rolls Royce or Mercedes Benz offered 97.5% discounts for autos used for education"
X Link 2024-01-22T18:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@JesseBrown The Britcom "Yes Prime Minister" had an episode about this many years ago"
X Link 2024-01-23T14:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Theyre asking USD $8 million for their Tokens.com domain name. $COIN recently announced the sale of its Metaverse Group and Hulk Labs to StoryFire a private online social entertainment and gaming platform for $3.5 million plus $500K in StoryFire's own Blaze Tokens. 🔥 Read more: https://t.co/zlEjlQSNb7 #CBOE $COIN #OTCQB $SMURF #FSE #76M https://t.co/RRl0S77lTb $COIN recently announced the sale of its Metaverse Group and Hulk Labs to StoryFire a private online social entertainment and gaming platform for $3.5 million plus $500K in StoryFire's own Blaze Tokens. 🔥 Read more:"
X Link 2024-01-30T22:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"For the Amsterdam-based unicorn is now re-branding as such after reportedly acquiring the domain name a couple of years ago allegedly for many millions. MessageBird rebrands as Bird and slashes prices by 90% on SMS to take on Twilio https://t.co/KOqYJkxKLu MessageBird rebrands as Bird and slashes prices by 90% on SMS to take on Twilio https://t.co/KOqYJkxKLu"
X Link 2024-02-01T13:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@DomainKing Thanks for the review Rick. Did you have to use the optical inserts (if you wear prescription glasses normally) If so how focused were the images"
X Link 2024-02-09T13:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@DomainKing P.S. The Vision Pro hasn't launched in Canada yet so I'm not sure whether I'll be getting it if it would cause neck issues"
X Link 2024-02-09T13:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I often read posts/tweets of people complaining about their current domain name registrar but rarely (if ever) about the one I use namely @Tucows @OpenSRS #ThoseWhoKnowKnow"
X Link 2024-02-10T19:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"From "The Grayscale Bitcoin Book": "To use another online analogy there are only a limited number of website domain names that people would like to use and owning desirable website domain names has become a lucrative business for some." (p. 22) in "Chapter 2: The Investment Case for Bitcoin". Presumably their "Investment Case for Desirable Domain Names" is even more compelling. 😉 NB: I have no investment position in bitcoin or any other crypto assets"
X Link 2024-02-18T17:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"To use a football (soccer) ⚽ metaphor acquiring an elite dot-com domain name is akin to an owner of a lower-tier team doing what it takes to get to the Premier League: Using a non-dotcom might be the quickest way to achieve "relegation" 🤣"
X Link 2024-02-25T17:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Clubs spend an inordinate amount of money to get out of the lower leagues said Christina Philippou a lecturer in sports finance at the University of Portsmouth. That means if others want to compete they have to spend similar. And that she said creates a spiral. If businesses want to compete in the upper echelons online investing in the best domain names is required to "get out of of the lower leagues." You need nation-state money to buy a Premier League team as Mr. Thompson put it. A team in the Championship needs hundreds of millions. To use a football (soccer) ⚽ metaphor acquiring an elite"
X Link 2024-02-25T17:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Poll: Which asset would you rather own 🤔 (A) [---] year old boarding school property on [--] acres (B) domain name"
X Link 2024-02-29T03:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Tucows $TCX market cap slips below $200 million: 📉 although their enterprise value is higher than that (due to their debt). NB: I hold no position in Tucows shares or that of any other domain name registrar/registry"
X Link 2024-03-04T15:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"That's what I'd call "Breaking News" 😉"
X Link 2024-04-01T13:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@morganlinton @IDerech There was an excellent Oscar-nominated film "Perfect Days" set in Tokyo that you might enjoy: trailer (that's Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" as the music to the trailer) 👍👍 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QzZBbX5A1FA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Days https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QzZBbX5A1FA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Days"
X Link 2024-04-05T11:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Since @dharmesh stated that the Chat.com transaction was more than $15 million (watch the video) perhaps he can be convinced to state the precise price (if it doesn't violate any NDAs) so that @DNJournal can "chart it" Retweet/like if you agree https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/dnjournal-all-time-top-20-cash-domain-sales.htm https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/dnjournal-all-time-top-20-cash-domain-sales.htm Our https://t.co/lkLcs56ust transaction. Some rare details with @amiller325gd #digitalassets #domains https://t.co/zxV6zb211z"
X Link 2024-04-07T14:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@TopShelfNames There appear to be a few different subreddits related to domain names.I've never posted on Reddit but was just browsing"
X Link 2024-04-13T17:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Bold tax reform would completely eliminate corporate taxes as well as personal income taxes (that would fully respect the concept of "integration" too) Instead 100% of taxes (government revenue) should be based on consumption taxes on consumers. Capital gains tax would be zero too (i.e. taxation only when used for final consumption). "Wealth" is really just "delayed consumption" so the wealthy still eventually get taxed. Entities (both individuals and corporations) shouldn't get taxed on their investment activities. One can exempt a certain amount of consumption to benefit the "poor" in order"
X Link 2024-04-17T11:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"If the Canadian Federal Budget is going to raise capital gains tax rates as a shareholder I expect corporations I invest in to perversely try to lower their stock price (rather than attempt to boost it) by taking on debt and also boosting payouts through eligible dividends The whole notion of integration is being thrown out the window. 🤡🤡🤡"
X Link 2024-04-17T13:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@AndrewBernstei9 Lower rate is good because of inflationary distortions. Otherwise one is taxing illusory "gains". https://www.iedm.org/the-capital-gains-tax-and-inflation-how-to-favour-investment-and-prosperity/ https://www.iedm.org/the-capital-gains-tax-and-inflation-how-to-favour-investment-and-prosperity/"
X Link 2024-04-17T16:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"If a dollar is a dollar is a dollar then why can't capital losses be immediately used to offset income (instead one can only use them to offset capital gains in the future or from the prior few years) 🤔 #DoubleStandards #Hypocrisy "Research on the deleterious effects of taxes on capital is well established. Its intuitive after all. Its the same principle that underpins the Trudeau governments carbon tax policy. If you tax something all things being equal you will get less of it." @MattSpoke "Research on the deleterious effects of taxes on capital is well established. Its intuitive after all."
X Link 2024-04-23T11:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Shares of the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN hit a new 52-week low this morning. 😀 NB: I hold no position in VRSN or any other publicly traded domain name industry firm for that matter. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/VRSN/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/VRSN/"
X Link 2024-04-26T13:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"P.S. With the rise in share price of GoDaddy $GDDY this past year the market cap of GoDaddy is now HIGHER than that of the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN ($17.76 billion for GoDaddy vs $17.75 billion for Verisign at the time of this post according to Yahoo Finance). NB: I have no position in either company. Shares of the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN hit a new 52-week low this morning. 😀 https://t.co/2d1p0sChT5 NB: I hold no position in VRSN or any other publicly traded domain name industry firm for that matter. Shares of the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN hit a new 52-week low"
X Link 2024-04-26T13:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"BTW this info could have been gleaned [--] days ago as their May [--] [----] reporting at: stated "Purchase of intangible assets" of $8515000. But I guess no one noticed that little tidbit. 🤦♂ https://ir.amark.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/184/a-mark-precious-metals-reports-fiscal-third-quarter-2024 https://ir.amark.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/184/a-mark-precious-metals-reports-fiscal-third-quarter-2024 Just blogged: In March [----] JMB acquired $8.5 million of intangible assets that included Gold.coms domain name https://t.co/7nZSxGeo2t Normally I'd not share this research given the"
X Link 2024-05-09T23:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Poll: $8515000 for Gold.com domain name. How'd you describe the transaction price"
X Link 2024-05-09T23:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"$1049 was the cash cost of the domain name but you should also factor in the amount of time you spent on the acquisition. This would include the amount of time you spent looking at domain names that you didn't end up acquiring What's the value of your time 🤔"
X Link 2024-05-13T10:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@DNJournal Golds spot price is quoted for troy ounces. Unlike the ordinary (avoirdupois) ounces where [--] lb = [--] ounces the conversion is instead [--] lb = [------] troy ounces. Thus in the article it should be more like [---] lbs of gold (instead of 221). https://www.unitjuggler.com/convert-mass-from-lbs-to-oztr.html https://www.unitjuggler.com/convert-mass-from-lbs-to-oztr.html"
X Link 2024-05-16T02:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I updated my Twitter/X profile logo (newly created using @OpenAI's latest ChatGPT) so my blue checkmark is gone for a while until they review it"
X Link 2024-05-16T14:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Did your intended logo have text in it Apparently typos are a known issue e.g. I've not experimented with other AI generators (yet) but once OpenAI released GPT-4o I went back to my prior attempts to see whether the new model would work better. It still generated typos on some attempts though but I finally got an acceptable one (and saved it immediately). https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-4-dall-e-3-generates-wrong-text-on-images/535022 https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-can-not-create-images-with-text-spelled-correctly/647000"
X Link 2024-05-16T15:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Here's a new logo for @ICANN incorporating the poop emoji. #ICANN💩 Thanks @OpenAI 🤣"
X Link 2024-05-16T15:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Since the topic came up on @DomainSherpas latest podcast I asked ChatGPT (latest version 4o): Explain why writing a copycat article on a breaking news story even if it links to the person who broke the story is parasitic. to help some folks understand who still dont get it and heres its response: Writing a copycat article on a breaking news story even if it links to the original source is often considered parasitic for several reasons: [--]. Dilution of Original Content: The copycat article can draw attention away from the original piece reducing the traffic and potential ad revenue for the"
X Link 2024-05-17T01:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"38.5% felt that "Claude" is the worst "brand" in #AI. I'd agree --- reminds me of "clod" If instead it's supposed to sound like "cloud" that too is a weakness. "Grok" is pretty bad too but I think "Claude" is the worst I've seen so far for AI. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/clod Poll: Is Claude by Anthropic the worst brand in AI 🤔 (full page ad on the last page of todays WSJ) https://www.dictionary.com/browse/clod Poll: Is Claude by Anthropic the worst brand in AI 🤔 (full page ad on the last page of todays WSJ)"
X Link 2024-05-17T15:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@bogdan_vovchuk Only if they get caught"
X Link 2024-06-14T15:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"For starters I think your implicit definition of affected might be very limited.(even if one takes 4.2% as a given which I would not). E.g. suppose the government of Canada introduced a 90% income tax rate on professional athletes playing for Canadian teams in the NBA NHL CFL and MLB. The number of professional athletes is tiny.but those affected would include fans non-playing staff shareholders of teams owners of stadiums hotels etc. The same government of Canada that squanders massive dollars on subsidies of a tiny number of battery manufacturers will count on huge secondary economic"
X Link 2024-06-19T13:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"P.S. the lengthy blog post at: has an interesting argument in the first section that talks about People creating wealth will always be attacked by people playing status games which is 💯on point. Theres always a subtle competition going on between status and wealth. For example when journalists attack rich people or the tech industry theyre really bidding for status. Theyre saying No the people are more important. And I the journalist represent the people and therefore I am more important. Thats exactly how many of us feel regarding the current politicians leading the federal government of"
X Link 2024-06-19T13:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@morganlinton Its amazing that Microsoft or Google arent on topalthough perhaps in time theyll release something even better. #Competition"
X Link 2024-06-27T00:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The famous Shouldice Hospital (known for specializing in hernias) near Toronto is taking [--] walk-in patients today so I arrived at 2:45 am there were already [--] others in line ahead of me 🤯 It looks like those arriving after [--] am will be out of luck today. (I had read a review that someone else arrived at [--] am one day and was #17 so I knew that I had to come early.)"
X Link 2024-07-02T07:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@WarrenRoyal @TLDInvestors Given his debate performance Biden might be properly classified a vegetable at this point. Perhaps the AI is more accurate than the human oversight 🤣"
X Link 2024-07-03T22:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"In August [----] I showed that the owner of the ai.com domain name was Arsyan Ismail @arsyan with "99% certainty": While the WHOIS still has privacy enabled it recently updated to show that the registrant is from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. It looks like Squarespace switched from Tucows/OpenSRS as the WHOIS Privacy service provider to simply redacting most of the WHOIS but still revealing the city and country of the registrant. Thus one can now improve the previous "99% certainty" statement to "99.999999999%" certainty. 😉"
X Link 2024-07-18T11:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@DomainGang They should approach Imagine Dragons to get the rights to their music: as the official theme song of their company. 🎶🎼 #WelcomeToTheNewAge https://youtu.be/ktvTqknDobUfeature=shared https://youtu.be/ktvTqknDobUfeature=shared"
X Link 2024-07-18T22:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"47% picked Kamala Harris. Snap Poll: Which Democrat will face Donald Trump in the November election for President 🤔 Snap Poll: Which Democrat will face Donald Trump in the November election for President 🤔"
X Link 2024-07-24T18:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Its incredible that the Canadian Womens Soccer/Football team is advancing in the #OlympicGames tournament after winning all three games overcoming the [--] penalty points for the drone scandal. ⚽ #Paris2024"
X Link 2024-07-31T21:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"$900K acquisition of Public.com domain name explained. Some folks been sharing their stories on purchasing domain names. Here's how we got https://t.co/18wpqbwmG0 . Some folks been sharing their stories on purchasing domain names. Here's how we got https://t.co/18wpqbwmG0 "
X Link 2024-08-01T20:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"With global financial markets under pressure today the Toronto Stock Exchange is closed due to a civic holiday. 🤦♂ https://www.tsx.com/en/trading/calendars-and-trading-hours/calendar https://www.tsx.com/en/trading/calendars-and-trading-hours/calendar"
X Link 2024-08-05T09:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"On days like today Warren Buffett's famous quote is apt: You dont find out whos been swimming naked until the tide goes out. https://buffett.cnbc.com/video/1994/04/25/buffett-you-dont-find-out-whos-been-swimming-naked-until-the-tide-goes-out.html https://buffett.cnbc.com/video/1994/04/25/buffett-you-dont-find-out-whos-been-swimming-naked-until-the-tide-goes-out.html"
X Link 2024-08-05T11:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Heres the logo that Grok [---] made for I prefer the understated one from ChatGPT though. http://DomainLiterati.com http://DomainLiterati.com"
X Link 2024-08-14T23:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@JoshDotCo Image courtesy of Grok [--]. 🎶🎼🎵"
X Link 2024-08-17T01:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"There was an article in todays WSJ about the sparkles ✨ emoji and how it has been embraced by the AI industry. Which emoji should the domain name industry embrace 🤔 (of course #ICANN 💩 cant be separated from the poop 💩 emoji)"
X Link 2024-08-19T13:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"On yesterday's @DomainSherpa podcast (starting at roughly 1:07:30 until 1:13:30 or so): Andrew Rosener @andrewrosener went on a "rant" for several minutes. 😇 All that was missing was the word "#parasites" 🤣 #ethics https://youtu.be/1cUP1bngdWEfeature=shared&t=4049 https://youtu.be/1cUP1bngdWEfeature=shared&t=4049"
X Link 2024-08-30T11:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I can hear the sonic boom of fighter jets overhead. Either the invasion of Toronto has begun or it's time for the annual air show. Given the state of the world I can't rule out the former"
X Link 2024-09-02T16:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Snap Poll: Do you want to see a 2nd presidential debate Yes No Yes No"
X Link 2024-09-11T02:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@BradenPollock On the bright side if the government ever brings in a wealth tax or a tax on unrealized capital gains you can just cite the GoDaddy estimates. 😉"
X Link 2024-09-11T23:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Apparently the anime.com domain name changed hands acquired by the Azuki NFT project. "An 8-digit $ domain (secured for a fraction)" Perhaps blockchain sleuthing might reveal the price if the transaction was done in crypto 🤔 Redacted by @Azuki has revealed to be anime(dot)com the flagship hub for all things Anime: An 8-digit $ domain (secured for a fraction) Flawless seamless experience Backed by the blockchain in an invisible way Yet no one's talking about its biggest bull point👇 https://t.co/bpg9Q41i55 Redacted by @Azuki has revealed to be anime(dot)com the flagship hub for all things"
X Link 2024-09-13T10:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Credzilla If there's no NDA perhaps the project will consider revealing the transaction price so that it can be "charted" on @DNJournal and other sites It might boost publicity for the Azuki project too (e.g. all the publicity the Friend.com deal got. https://dnjournal.com/ytd-sales-charts.htm https://dnjournal.com/ytd-sales-charts.htm"
X Link 2024-09-13T10:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Poll: How will the [--] bps rate cut by the Federal Reserve impact the domain name market 🤔 Helps it 😀 Hurts it ☹ No impact 😐 Helps it 😀 Hurts it ☹ No impact 😐"
X Link 2024-09-18T18:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I think they're off by far more than just that. They claim there are [---] million total domains registered across all TLDs: compared with Verisign's latest DNIB number of [-----] million. (of course VRSN is no longer counting freebie .tk but that's nowhere close to explaining the magnitude of the difference) https://dnib.com/articles/the-domain-name-industry-brief-q2-2024 https://domainnamestat.com/statistics/tldtype/all https://dnib.com/articles/the-domain-name-industry-brief-q2-2024 https://domainnamestat.com/statistics/tldtype/all"
X Link 2024-09-25T20:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Here we go again. #ICANN 💩 just opened up a new comment period for renewal of the dot-com agreement with the abusive monopolist Verisign. $VRSN https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-renewal-of-the-registry-agreement-for-com-26-09-2024#main https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-renewal-of-the-registry-agreement-for-com-26-09-2024#main"
X Link 2024-09-26T18:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In case folks didnt notice the comment period ends on the same date as the US election (November [--] 2024). #ICANN 💩and the abusive monopolist Verisign $VRSN obviously did this in the hopes that people will be focused on more important issues like the election so that their schemes face little opposition. Here we go again. #ICANN 💩 just opened up a new comment period for renewal of the dot-com agreement with the abusive monopolist Verisign. $VRSN https://t.co/zDRhDZrI2y Here we go again. #ICANN 💩 just opened up a new comment period for renewal of the dot-com agreement with the abusive"
X Link 2024-09-26T19:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I wonder if @OpenAI plans to rebrand to o.com giving the abusive monopolist Verisign a financial boost and ending Overstocks dream upgrade The new logo along with @sama Sam Altmans rivalry with X owner @elonmusk might hint at the war of the short domain names https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/openai-is-testing-a-new-logo-its-employees-hate-it.html https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/openai-is-testing-a-new-logo-its-employees-hate-it.html"
X Link 2024-09-26T22:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Perhaps its the Tic-tac-toe war i.e. x vs o I wonder if @OpenAI plans to rebrand to o.com giving the abusive monopolist Verisign a financial boost and ending Overstocks dream upgrade The new logo along with @sama Sam Altmans rivalry with X owner @elonmusk might hint at the war of the short domain names I wonder if @OpenAI plans to rebrand to o.com giving the abusive monopolist Verisign a financial boost and ending Overstocks dream upgrade The new logo along with @sama Sam Altmans rivalry with X owner @elonmusk might hint at the war of the short domain names"
X Link 2024-09-26T22:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@_Bashar @OpenAI @sama @elonmusk I believe it is already allowed see Appendix [--] (approved services) of the agreement thats out for public comment today. (Last line of page [---] and top of page 108) https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-renewal-of-the-registry-agreement-for-com-26-09-2024 https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-renewal-of-the-registry-agreement-for-com-26-09-2024"
X Link 2024-09-26T22:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@_Bashar @OpenAI @sama @elonmusk The presumptive renewal clause which is inherently anti-competitive is the issue. Itd take an antitrust lawsuit and a court case that goes to the Supreme Court. Nobody has stepped up. Perhaps one day if I have cashed out Ill give it a go. 💪 (if I can get standing)"
X Link 2024-09-26T23:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Itd be interesting to be a fly on the wall at the abusive monopolist Verisigns meetings.their stock price is in the dumps (with a market cap quite a bit lower than GoDaddy) so Id bet theyre already talking If not they will after todays posts/tweets. 🤣 (feel free to send out royalties if its the latter)"
X Link 2024-09-26T23:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@domain_org @_Bashar @OpenAI @sama @elonmusk The Google antitrust case has taken [--] years: and certainly Google will appeal. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Google_LLC_(2020) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Google_LLC_(2020)"
X Link 2024-09-27T03:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@DomainGoodness @OpenAI @sama @elonmusk https://www.reuters.com/legal/elon-musk-sues-openai-ceo-sam-altman-breach-contract-2024-03-01/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/elon-musk-sues-openai-ceo-sam-altman-breach-contract-2024-03-01/"
X Link 2024-09-27T11:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Just [--] comments have been submitted to #ICANN 💩so far (with slightly more than [--] hours left unless they decide to extend the deadline) namely my own and [--] others. Compare the depth and quality of the responses and you can understand why the folks at ICANN WIPO and the abusive monopolist Verisign dont want me directly participating in any of the working groups. They want sheep 🐑 that they can lead to slaughter not lions. 🦁 Only sheep could have allowed such a low quality report to have been published. Lets see who stands behind that garbage and who disavows its recommendations."
X Link 2024-09-29T17:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"It's better to own elite domain names rather than commercial real estate these days. WOW this is an outrageous deal. An 10-story office building in Portland recently sold for $3.3M or a shocking $33 per sq ft The seller acquired the building for $10M in [----] and reportedly spent $30M renovating the 100k SF building These are wild times for B/C class https://t.co/UZDO5ID3ms WOW this is an outrageous deal. An 10-story office building in Portland recently sold for $3.3M or a shocking $33 per sq ft The seller acquired the building for $10M in [----] and reportedly spent $30M renovating the 100k SF"
X Link 2024-10-04T12:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Even with shares of TD Bank closing down by over 5% today my very boring stock portfolio managed to eke out a tiny gain overall. (+0.04%) 💪 #Diversification"
X Link 2024-10-10T20:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@domain_org @BradenPollock @zuiker_chris @DomainKing There's a deli by that name: in Toronto. Perhaps worth 4-figures to them. It might have some AI potential though "LAMBO: Large AI Model Empowered Edge Intelligence" It's also a surname. https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.15078 https://www.tastetoronto.com/spots/lambos-deli https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.15078 https://www.tastetoronto.com/spots/lambos-deli"
X Link 2024-10-22T19:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Poll: $14 million for domain name http://Rocket.com Win for the buyer Win for the seller Win-win for both http://Rocket.com Win for the buyer Win for the seller Win-win for both"
X Link 2024-10-25T23:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@adamstrong If you're looking for domain name candidates for 9-figure transactions that has to be on the list The seller (L3Harris $LHX) has a $47 billion market cap. What's $14 million to them It's a rounding error. The buyer has a $32 Billion market cap"
X Link 2024-10-26T02:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@dottv @adamstrong That buyer has significant cash on their balance sheet. (expand the "Total Assets" to drill down and look at quarterly numbers not annual). https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RKT/balance-sheet/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RKT/balance-sheet/"
X Link 2024-10-26T20:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@TLDInvestors @bubblesmcknight @DomainingCom It takes what [--] millisecond to hit the "retweet" button Ask Andrew exactly why he didn't do it @DomainGang retweeted. @DNJournal did"
X Link 2024-10-28T13:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The usual pattern is for folks to UPGRADE their domain names not to DOWNGRADE them. I think you'll find that most folks who own the .com will have little interest in acquiring new gTLDs (with an exception being some of the most risk-averse global brands who tend to defensively register all TLDs)"
X Link 2024-10-30T14:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"To reach the top sometimes you need just one extra ingredient. For the Dodgers that was clearly Shohei Ohtani in [----]. He's worth every penny of his $700MM contract. For online businesses that missing ingredient might be an elite domain name. 🚀 That domain name will usually cost far less than $700 million"
X Link 2024-10-31T09:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"UPtv rebranded from GMC because: The GMC name came with a large problem. There was also this little truck company in Detroit that wouldnt give up: Humbard says with a laugh 😂 https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/uptv-20-year-anniversary-1236193105/ http://GMC.com https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/uptv-20-year-anniversary-1236193105/ http://GMC.com"
X Link 2024-10-31T12:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In case you hadn't noticed #ICANN 💩 plans to publish the staff summary of the .COM renewal public comments on November [--] [----] after #ICANN81 concludes: They're following the exact same playbook from 2020: which was intentional to avoid public scrutiny. #Accountability https://freespeech.com/2020/03/07/icann-delays-staff-report-on-verisign-dot-com-contract-until-after-icann67-meeting/ https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann81/ https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-renewal-of-the-registry-agreement-for-com-26-09-2024 https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann81/"
X Link 2024-11-04T23:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Shares of Tucows $TCX hit a new 52-week low today: Their market cap is now roughly USD $180 million (although their enterprise value is higher including debt). NB: I have no investment position in any domain name registrars or registries. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TCX/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TCX/"
X Link 2024-11-08T14:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"When Juan Soto turned down a $440 million contract extension many folks didnt understand. The same thing happens when some turn down what others perceive to be high domain name offers. #BetOnYourself #KnowYourWorth"
X Link 2024-11-08T14:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@dottv It's bad for diversification for me to invest in domain name registrars/registries. But if the price was supercheap I might consider an investment"
X Link 2024-11-08T22:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@WilliamShatner Perhaps you've not considered every possibility Suppose your legion of fans and supporters raised $1 million (or $5 million or a different figure) for your favourite charity 🐎 in order to appear on Joe Rogan Would you then sit down for that [--] hour podcast 🤔 #KnowYourWorth"
X Link 2024-11-10T10:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"From todays WSJ: Listings for trophy homes inevitably draw millions of eyeballs. Agents must determine whether interested parties are qualified buyers before they let them in the door. This advice applies to trophy domain names as well. 💯 https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/100-million-dollar-home-sales-fd50ea48 https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/100-million-dollar-home-sales-fd50ea48"
X Link 2024-11-15T14:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"While the article below is about real estate the reasoning certainly also applies to top domain names. Theyre not making any more Fifth Avenues Fifth Avenue is effectively eternal said Mr. Silverman who also brokered the Prada Kering and Uniqlo deals with Mr. Phillips at Eastdil. When the opportunity arises to secure a location that youre sure youll want forever why would you not think about securing it https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/realestate/retailers-fifth-avenue.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/realestate/retailers-fifth-avenue.html"
X Link 2024-11-17T15:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@wwwsnoopy1683 It is listed at: as a meaning for that acronym https://www.acronymfinder.com/SUW.html https://www.acronymfinder.com/SUW.html"
X Link 2024-11-24T22:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Inspired by Snoopy's post: What are the [--] best domain names you own 🤔 I'll start it off. [--]. school.com [--]. math.com [--]. leap.com only those in the "Elite Domain Name Owners" community can reply --- let's show them how it's done https://x.com/wwwsnoopy1683/status/1861891121762410572 https://x.com/wwwsnoopy1683/status/1861891121762410572 Welcome to shitsville https://x.com/wwwsnoopy1683/status/1861891121762410572 https://x.com/wwwsnoopy1683/status/1861891121762410572 Welcome to shitsville"
X Link 2024-11-27T22:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"When I go for groceries I take the shopping cart up and down every single aisle in the store even when I have a shopping list. #FOMO 🤪"
X Link 2024-12-05T21:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I hope that domain name registrars and financial institutions heed their advice. #security Feds Warn SMS Authentication Is Unsafe https://t.co/IG5ibnqPfH Feds Warn SMS Authentication Is Unsafe https://t.co/IG5ibnqPfH"
X Link 2024-12-19T21:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Quite a lot left on the table given the AI coding tool is valued at $2.6 Billion: Do your research 🤦♂ https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/in-just-4-months-ai-coding-assistant-cursor-raised-another-100m-at-a-2-5b-valuation-led-by-thrive-sources-say/ https://t.co/lQERECDWse sold for $399000 https://t.co/QYDDITADmK https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/in-just-4-months-ai-coding-assistant-cursor-raised-another-100m-at-a-2-5b-valuation-led-by-thrive-sources-say/ https://t.co/lQERECDWse sold for $399000 https://t.co/QYDDITADmK"
X Link 2024-12-28T16:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"From it appears to have changed use from May to June [----]. So it was widely known then that it was a popular AI editor at that time. They had already raised $8MM in September 2023: and were all over my X/Twitter feed in terms of AI usage and tools for programming. I don't want to make this thread about me but folks who've approached me about domain names in my company's portfolio know that I'm very deliberate in my negotiations.the 'principals only' approach weeds out those trying to bamboozle me. If the owner was approached via a broker that broker might have even been compensated extra for"
X Link 2024-12-28T16:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@StuntPope I did the same thing but for some protein bars sold only in the US best I ever had). But the costs ended up being ridiculously expensive after all was said and done. A merger with the US would solve so many issues http://DavidProtein.com http://DavidProtein.com"
X Link 2024-12-31T22:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Show me you're a 'beta' without using the word 'beta'. 😇 Any tips on negotiating with/buying from domain squatters I hate that it's even a thing tbh. Such a bullshit way for anyone to make money. But this is the world we made. Any tips on negotiating with/buying from domain squatters I hate that it's even a thing tbh. Such a bullshit way for anyone to make money. But this is the world we made"
X Link 2025-01-13T10:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Apparently this former Navy Seal 'Dave Madden' is living in tough times given that Republicans have swept into power: Other Navy Seals fought and died for our economic system of capitalism. Imagine that someone already invented a system that allocates scarce resources in an efficient manner https://thehill.com/homenews/4955936-sheehy-critics-under-fire-for-past-comments/ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/seal-team-commander-blasts-misguided-wrong-claims-contradicting-senate-candidates-bullet-wound https://thehill.com/homenews/4955936-sheehy-critics-under-fire-for-past-comments/"
X Link 2025-01-13T11:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Go Bills #BillsMafia Poll: Who will win tonight 🏈 Poll: Who will win tonight 🏈"
X Link 2025-01-19T23:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"If you have a Toronto Public Library membership you can read the complete WSJ (and many other newspapers including the Toronto Star National Post NY Times etc.) for FREE using PressReader. See: Their iPad app is excellent. Your tax dollars at work. https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jspEntt=RDMEDB0195&R=EDB0195 https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jspEntt=RDMEDB0195&R=EDB0195 https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jspEntt=RDMEDB0195&R=EDB0195 https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jspEntt=RDMEDB0195&R=EDB0195"
X Link 2025-01-25T09:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"One benefit of being the 51st state would be that Canadians would be able to see all the Super Bowl commercials live I finally caught up with Sunday's commercials via: I liked the Pfizer and Budweiser (First Delivery) ones most. https://www.ispot.tv/events/2025-super-bowl-commercials https://www.ispot.tv/events/2025-super-bowl-commercials"
X Link 2025-02-11T13:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Consumers Say an Oddly Spelled Domain Name Gives Them the Ick survey from GoDaddy https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/consumers-say-an-oddly-spelled-domain-name-gives-them-the-ick-302412860.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/consumers-say-an-oddly-spelled-domain-name-gives-them-the-ick-302412860.html"
X Link 2025-03-27T15:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Actually it looks like a deal for the ai.com domain name has already happened as the prior owner was in Malaysia but the current (redacted) ownership is showing Hong Kong. The ai.com domain name's lock status changed today. Perhaps a sale/transfer is about to happen for it. 🍿 https://t.co/yAGR4ssnvc The ai.com domain name's lock status changed today. Perhaps a sale/transfer is about to happen for it. 🍿 https://t.co/yAGR4ssnvc"
X Link 2025-04-04T15:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"ai.com domain name status has now updated to "pending transfer". 🍿Perhaps the prior owner (@arsyan) will "ACK" the transfer so that it will conclude faster. If #ICANN💩had adopted my "push" transfer system proposal the transfer would have already completed by now"
X Link 2025-04-04T15:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Liberal regime that thinks they can fix the housing market in Canada (whatever that means) is the same group that hasnt been able to fix [--] Sussex Drive (official residence of the prime minister) in a decade. 🤡"
X Link 2025-05-05T13:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@TLDInvestors @NamePros @afternic Id have to go back and check but I think it was a couple of years later. Price was subject to NDA though"
X Link 2025-05-06T00:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TLDInvestors @NamePros @afternic When Im a washed-up has-been and write that book perhaps I can buyout some of the old NDA clauses for historical accuracy. 😂"
X Link 2025-05-06T00:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@onlinedomaincom @DomainGang I read that they are/were trained using DNAcademy: I havent ever seen that material (never needed it) but perhaps GoDaddy wasted their money given the results. Those who can do; those who cant teach https://www.inforum.in/threads/godaddy-selects-dnacademy-for-afternic-broker-training.24884/ https://www.inforum.in/threads/godaddy-selects-dnacademy-for-afternic-broker-training.24884/"
X Link 2025-05-06T15:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@dotcorner You can get two different ISPs in many areas (eg Bell and Rogers or Telus Teksavvy etc). In remote areas can get Starlink"
X Link 2025-05-21T13:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I'm drafting my comments to #ICANN 💩 relating to domain transfers: (deadline is Monday) The final report insults the intelligence of the public and should be an embarassment to all those who supported and/or rubber-stamped it. #garbage #incompetence https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/transfer-policy-review-working-group-final-report-for-icann-board-consideration-28-04-2025 https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/transfer-policy-review-working-group-final-report-for-icann-board-consideration-28-04-2025"
X Link 2025-06-14T01:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Just blogged: My Comments To The #ICANN 💩 Board Regarding The Transfer Policy Final Report It is open for public comments until 23:59 UTC time on Monday June [--] [----] (less than [--] hours from the time of this tweet). https://freespeech.com/2025/06/16/my-comments-to-the-icann-board-regarding-the-transfer-policy-final-report/ https://freespeech.com/2025/06/16/my-comments-to-the-icann-board-regarding-the-transfer-policy-final-report/ https://freespeech.com/2025/06/16/my-comments-to-the-icann-board-regarding-the-transfer-policy-final-report/"
X Link 2025-06-16T04:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This approaching heat wave in Toronto does have some positives 🍦🍨"
X Link 2025-06-19T16:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Toronto Stock Exchange when the US markets have a holiday"
X Link 2025-06-19T19:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@tsfogarty [--] days ago. https://www.finsmes.com/2025/06/zoot-raises-6m-in-seed-funding.html https://www.finsmes.com/2025/06/zoot-raises-6m-in-seed-funding.html"
X Link 2025-06-20T16:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Im at University of Torontos Convocation Hall waiting to see @NobelPrize winner Geoffrey Hintons #AI lecture this afternoon"
X Link 2025-06-25T18:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Reminder: The NYSE & NASDAQ markets close at [--] pm Eastern today: in case you're wondering why your stocks aren't moving in the afternoon. 🤣 The Toronto Stock Exchange: doesn't close early today. https://www.tsx.com/en/trading/calendars-and-trading-hours/calendar https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stock-market-holiday-schedule https://www.nyse.com/markets/hours-calendars https://www.tsx.com/en/trading/calendars-and-trading-hours/calendar https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stock-market-holiday-schedule https://www.nyse.com/markets/hours-calendars"
X Link 2025-07-03T16:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"When the voice.com domain name changed hands for USD $30 million the price of bitcoin closed at $9081.76 (June [--] 2019). Today bitcoin topped $116000. Should domain name values and those of other digital assets have a higher correlation with BTC 🤔"
X Link 2025-07-11T02:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
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