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Comment on queer.af, a Mastodon instance, has been killed by the Taliban
iso@lemy.lol 10 months ago
Another reason to not use ccTLDs.
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 10 months ago
iso@lemy.lol 10 months ago
Yeah that’s true. We just need to research who owns the TLD before long-term site and everything is ok.
nintendiator@feddit.cl 10 months ago
Better to just setup your own ccTLD, for maximum trust.
(honestly only half joking)
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 10 months ago
[deleted]echodot@feddit.uk 10 months ago
They even use youtu.be as their URL shortener
4z01235@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m sure Google didn’t buy those for the purpose of actually using them, but rather to prevent someone else from registering and using them.
echodot@feddit.uk 10 months ago
.io is the British Indian ocean’s territory probably not really a risk i doubt anything’s going to happen there.
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 10 months ago
Many people don’t know it’s not a generic TLD.
There was some drama about the TLD a while back by people who disagree with the British occupation of the territories, and with the state of the world right now, I don’t think it’s entirely unimaginable that the TLD will be redelegated. We’ve seen the death and redelegation of .tk and other Freenom domains already, which was partially because of a lawsuit, but also because the locals wanted control of their TLD back (because none of the TLD money was flowing into the local economy).
I think the TLD isn’t at great risk at the moment, but if you’re going to build your business, you may want to pick a generic TLD just in case.
radix@lemm.ee 10 months ago
What alternatives are there? Just the big .org, .com, .net ones?
iso@lemy.lol 10 months ago
Nope. The ones you’re mentioned are gTLD (generic top-level domain) but most of the other domains are generic TLD too. See here for the list: en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Internet_top-level_dom…
Just don’t use country-code TLDs because they can removed by those countries. For example fmhy.ml and now queer.af.
Carighan@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Just use queeraf.net or so. Or make it dependent on where you host, so queeraf.fi or .de or .us or whatever. TLDs aren’t just for lulz, and getting specific country ones just for “funny” combinations just leads to stuff like this happening.
TheInsane42@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No need to limit yourself to US tld’s, country ones for funny domains can be stable as well. My domain koffie.nu (coffee.now in Dutch), registered in '98, is still going strong. I just hope the rising sealevel won’t wipe away the country any time soon.
FierySpectre@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Meer info over koffie zal in 1999 worden toegevoegd
Lies
shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 10 months ago
Deceptichum@kbin.social 10 months ago
So many now, it’s opened up to at least like 100 or more words now.
grandkaiser@lemmy.world 10 months ago
DNS engineer here: it’s the bane of my existence. Vanity TLDs were a cash grab for ICANN. They have made defensive domains a nightmare
Marsupial@quokk.au 10 months ago
If the Taliban take over Australia I’ve got bigger issues to worry about than my domain name.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
that’s why australia has their army of spiders
Funwayguy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
God help us all if we have to break out the Emus