Erik Uden 🚩Aug 25, 2023
Most normal Misskey user @markiplier
Show threadCautionWIP (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🕎Aug 25, 2023

@ErikUden @markiplier As a guy who purchased what he *thought* was a clever domain name a decade and a half ago and have stuck with it out of sheer bloody-mindedness, I can only stare in awe.

Some people really understand what it is to commit to the bit

Show threadErik Uden 🚩
@Caution @markiplier absolutely - I mean, I buy GOOD domain names every once in a while, but this... Wow.
Aug 25, 2023 at 1:59pmWeb
Show threadRev. GothAliceAug 25, 2023

@ErikUden @Caution @markiplier Now I need to try out an emoji IDN. 🤔

alice@📢.💩.la has a real ring to it.

Show threadErik Uden 🚩Aug 25, 2023
@alice @Caution @markiplier abso-bloody-lutely! I hope Mastodon adds support to display them like that, too!
Show threadCautionWIP (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🕎Aug 25, 2023
@ErikUden @alice @markiplier It’s not really a matter of Mastodon, I don’t think (?). It’s more that punycode support isn’t broadly/equally supported so far (I’m reasonably sure it’ll get there eventually, but it’s not exactly high on the list of priorities, I’d imagine) but atm a number of platforms and browsers either don’t support it or don’t really implement it in a user-friendly way (displaying it in emoji in the address-bar, accepting emojis in the URL, blah blah..). Likewise you can’t register them to most domain extensions (it’s only CCTLDs and even then only 10 or 12 IIRC). It took some time for Unicode to get wide-spread adoption and that was to cover “real” languages. FWIW, Firefox will display URLs with emoji-inclusive domains. 🤷🏽👍😀
Show threadRev. GothAliceAug 25, 2023

@Caution @ErikUden @markiplier It's been supported for *years* in every browser I can think of, though admittedly some such as Chrome took a very long time to show the actual Unicode rather than the IDN form in the address bar.

I used Poopla as an example for a reason; the only emoji domain that will ever be registered. (Though I do use it for subdomains to obfuscate work-in-progress.)

Show threadCautionWIP (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🕎Aug 25, 2023
@alice @ErikUden @markiplier In terms of browsers, what I meant was that it’s not displayed in a user-friendly way inasmuch as it displays the punycode rather than the IDN (no?). But afaik, there was still some issue with SMTP in terms of adoption/support but my awareness is probably outdated. Happy to be wrong! 😀
Show threadCautionWIP (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🕎Aug 25, 2023
@alice @ErikUden @markiplier Yah, but [email protected] doesn’t really roll of the tongue quite as easily. 😆
Show threadCautionWIP (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🕎Aug 25, 2023
@ErikUden @markiplier Oh, that’s not the domain name. The domain name is fnaf.stream. The long part is a subdomain.
Show threadErik Uden 🚩Aug 25, 2023
@Caution @markiplier I know! The rest is a subdomain. fnaf.stream is an absolutely incredible domain.
Show threadwelcomeAug 27, 2023
@ErikUden @Caution Cloudflare sells .download for $3.16 so i just HAD to buy https://coolviruses.download

Not sure if this tops fnaf.stream but i think it does
coolviruses.download 🔥🐟

purrly meownaged mewstance by @split, purrimarily for friends. meow!

coolviruses.download 🔥🐟
Show threadwelcomeAug 27, 2023
I ended up just turning it into a Firefish server so
Show threadErik Uden 🚩Aug 27, 2023
@markiplier everything you touch turns into a Firefish server. That's so awesome.
Show threadwelcomeAug 27, 2023
@ErikUden I kind of want to turn this Misskey into a Firefish but that means this instance is slightly less funny as my instance is no longer broken by my own instance (I believe @aa made a patch to fix my inability to set a profile picture in Firefish) so for now I'll be keeping it as Misskey lol
Show threadAmy 🇹🇭🏳️‍⚧️Aug 27, 2023
@markiplier @ErikUden @aa keep missing ig /j
Show threadCautionWIP (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🕎Aug 27, 2023
@markiplier @ErikUden @aa You’re the hero we deserve. 🫂