Comment on queer.af, a Mastodon instance, has been killed by the Taliban

• 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.

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• nintendiator@feddit.cl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Better to just setup your own ccTLD, for maximum trust.

  (honestly only half joking)

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  • skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They even use youtu.be as their URL shortener

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    • 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.

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      • skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I don’t think so, you can’t just claim a brand name of your own. You have to own a trademark on the name.

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• 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.

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  • 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.

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