> The .FOOD gTLD is what's called a "closed generic"; ...Its use is controlled by the company that owns the "Food Network" ... <snip>

> And you won't likely find scammers and spammers under a closed gTLD
> so it might actually gain more public trust than conventional "open" ones....

If I understand the situation, and the point made above, that seems both true and (mildly) worrisome. Any entity that could 'grab' such a gTLD could become the funnel for trusted content in that category.

I don't feel irked to the point of wanting to contest it, though.