I was not referring to obvious foreign names but all the attempts to mimic non-foreign words such as putting what looks like an apostrophe instead of a dot above a letter i for example and numerous others which seem to be trying to deceive the visitors.
Respectable IDNers do not invest in that kind of rubbish. We have 4000 domains. Very few of them have Latin characters of any description. Those that do are clearly identifiable words. The vast majority of our portfolios consists of single words or single characters. Frankly, we did not have an in depth enough knowledge of the language to be good at stringing words together.
And no I have no objection to anyone expressing opinions, but if you want respect then back them with facts and logical arguments.
The reason that most domainers end up losing money is because they think it is some kind of Tombola. It is not. All investment decisions need to be backed with sound research. The lack of such solid research ends up in train crashes like the Dot Mobi and Dot Asia.
I don't rejoice in others losing money, which is why I speak up when I feel people are being exploited by scams.
At least I have nobody to blame if my portfolio tanks. The direction of my investment was almost entirely my own idea. Nobody was advising me to do what I was doing just as nobody was strongly advocating that RS or FS should take the direction they did, when they did it. Those that have made lots of money have invariably found their own directions, not followed others like sheep.
