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queer.af, a Mastodon instance, has been killed by the Taliban (archive.fo)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by hal_5700X@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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The admin stated they won't be renewing the domain because .af is now controlled by the Taliban.

Link to post: https://queer.af/@postmaster/111733741786950083

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[–] iso@lemy.lol 86 points 10 months ago (26 children)

Another reason to not use ccTLDs.

[–] radix@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (10 children)

What alternatives are there? Just the big .org, .com, .net ones?

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So many now, it’s opened up to at least like 100 or more words now.

[–] grandkaiser@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Steve@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I want to know more

[–] 4z01235@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Something like what I wrote in my other comment: https://lemmy.world/comment/6698854

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