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Re:Domain expertise has always been the real moat by eloisant on Sunday May 31, 2026 @03:13AM (#48343705)
You're doing a bit of a "true Scotsman fallacy" here.
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Re:Domain expertise has always been the real moat by Toutouxc on Sunday May 31, 2026 @04:42AM (#48344046)
It feels like without a bit of true Scotsmanship, the term “domain expert” doesn’t really mean anything.
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Re:Domain expertise has always been the real moat by spacebacon on Sunday May 31, 2026 @06:59AM (#48344720)
Sure it does, it’s just a highly contested meaning that depends on a proper contemporary interpretation if to be received as intended in this context. Context that varies domain to domain. For the domain name buyer it’s quite different than the metacognitive scholar.
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