.org or .com interesting change

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Wontactmyage

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I have been seeing in the past years the usage of more .org so I thought WOW, have we become a nation of “not for profit” .orgs? So I looked it up and saw that a for profit organization can use .org too. So interesting to me.

From: https://www.howtogeek.com/126670/th...ere-about-to-see-many-more-top-level-domains/

Perhaps the most common top-level domains are .com, .net, and .org. Originally, each had a unique purpose:

  • .com: Commercial (for-profit) websites
  • .net: Network-related domains
  • .org: Non-profit organizations
However, these top-level domains all offer open registration – anyone can register a .com, .net, or .org domain for a website (for a fee). The distinction between the domains has largely been lost, although there are still non-profit organizations that prefer .org.


From another source https://www.techwalla.com/articles/what-do-com-org-net-mean

.Org​

The .org TLD stands for "organization," and is commonly believed to mainly host non-profit organizations — however, .org addresses don't require registrants to belong to a non-profit. Rather, .org addresses were conceived as a catch-all for sites that didn't fit into any other category available at the time in 1985: not commercial, not in networking, not a university, not government and not military. As of publication, information and management sites make up 35 percent of all .org addresses, according to the Public Interest Registry. With the popularity of .com addresses even outside the commercial sphere, however, .org never caught on as the default top-level domain in the public's mind.
 

More interesting non profit information from https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...-can-collaborate-for-success/?sh=752432296e98

“The missions of for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations can vary dramatically. Nonprofits typically focus on public purposes and are prohibited from distributing profits to individuals in control of organizations (what Henry Hansmann refers to as the "nondistribution constraint"). On the other hand, the ultimate goal of for-profit businesses is typically to maximize profits for shareholders.



Despite these fundamental differences, the lines between for-profit and nonprofit often get blurry. For example, within the nonprofit sector, there are many large-scale organizations (e.g., health systems, higher education institutions, etc.) that operate on a fee-for-service model and generate multi-billion dollar revenues with significant operating margins. For example, Mayo Clinic reported revenue just under $4 billion in Q2 of 2021. And while profits are a primary motivation of for-profits, busineses often make important contributions to social welfare, not only through the economic and technical aspects of their operations and activities, but also through their philanthropic endeavors.


In the United States, there is a long history of nonprofit organizations working collaboratively—which I expect will expand with the growing momentum of corporate social responsibility movements—and increasing attention to the evaluation of a firm's nonfinancial impact and environmental, social and corporate governance.”
 

My concern for intermingling .org and .com is; in my era, originally .org meant that you are going to be giving directly to those that “they” (.org) we’re trying assist in lifting up persons or animals, not, that I would be giving to a large (or small) corporation that sees a profit intermingled with “maybe” a social choice, here and there after all chips are on the table. Seeing a multi national company offer a small % of their profits means that after paying (not in this order) employees, share holders, bills, debts, the banks, projected growth and themselves then, that is when they look at the small % they offer to their .org or pet charity (not necessarily animals) (monies that they most likely got from their employees). I no longer will be looking as kindly on the .org advertising/giving as I once was. Too bad for the small charities that truly are attempting assist directly. I will be looking mostly in my community for my giving. However, I live by the “teach to fish” adage than “giving the fish for the day”.
 
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