PlutarchI've read it several places, and heard it in YouTube videos, etc., that people don't understand domain names that don't end in dot com/org/net, etc.
I think the existence of the Fediverse disproves that notion.
ResearchBuzz: Firehose
AV Club: U.S. government registers “aliens.gov” domain, which is pretty good as distractions go. “Shout-out today to whichever (presumably well-stocked) portion of the Trump administration works to distract the American public from the shit all their coworkers get up to on a daily basis, because they’ve worked up a doozy this week: Officially registering—per 404 Media, and sites that track […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/19/av-club-u-s-government-registers-aliens-gov-domain-which-is-pretty-good-as-distractions-go/
Shoe BillBrodie Robertson calls out the entire Fediverse, including me: "No One Is Using Top Level Domains Correctly"
No One Is Using Top Level Domains Correctly
TorrentFreak: Anna’s Archive Loses .LI Domain As Legal Pressure Mounts. “Anna’s Archive lost its .li domain a few hours ago, likely due to legal pressure. The shadow library’s domain name was outright deleted instead of suspended. Whether the domain registrar or registry is responsible is unknown, but the latter seems more plausible. Anna’s Archive was briefly down to one remaining domain […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/03/torrentfreak-annas-archive-loses-li-domain-as-legal-pressure-mounts/
Raphael AlbertBecause we're talking a lot about digital independence right now (as we should), here's some advice:
Before you register a domain name, please check who operates its top level domain, as much of your digital independence will depend on who they are! Also, you might be surprised who you're sponsoring.
The ICANN has a list of the registry operators:
https://icann.org/en/registry-agreements
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#DigitalIndepenceDay #DigitalIndepence #TopLevelDomains
Google Blog: Calling all creators: .channel is now available for registration. “Google Registry, the domain registry behind some of the internet’s most popular (.app) and fun (.meme) new top-level domains, is launching .channel today.”
Skip Lacaze@MichaelRoss It appears that a Google seach (on Safari, not the app) using a single seach term and “.gov” returns at least one full screen of federal, state, and local government sites, with no “Sponsored” links. I tried it with “wildlife” and “recycle.” Using “ca.gov” turned up many screens on which all the hits were California state and local government sites. A few found embedded links, rather than the actual page URLs, which was the only way it turned up any local governments who have given up their free .gov URL for cityorcounty.org addresses. (I have no idea why any of them did that.) If the federal government changed from .gov to .us.gov, it would be easy to find their pages without a bunch of state and local pages mixed in. #SEO #SearchEngineOptimization #TLD #Top-LevelDomain #TopLevelDomains #KISS
HïMY SYeD🟩
Dear fellow Canadian Mastodon-ers...
My preferred Dot CA domain name is currently being cyber-squatted.
Because the content is Canada specific, as will be a number of its would-be sub-domains,
I want the Dot CA.
Yet since I can't have it as I don't want to reward the cyber-squatter
Please help me by suggesting alternate Top Level Domains that to most Canadians would still be kind of a Canadian TLD.
Thank you! Eh!
| #DotCA #TLD #TopLevelDomains #TopLevelDomain #DomainName #Canadian #Canada
Pascal LeinertWürde also bedeuten, wenn die #EU jemals zu einem richtigen Staat zusammenwächst, würden 27 #TopLevelDomains aufhören zu existieren. Das wird ein Chaos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nXuRVdjPyc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nXuRVdjPyc
