JNP-3RNov 10, 2023
Franziska Köppe | madiko

Do you own an ".io"-domain or intend to? You might want to reconsider and find an alternative. @cariad wrote down the history and facts, and no it's not an easy read: https://www.beep.blog/io/

Thank you for sharing @RyunoKi and @grifferz.

#DomainManagement #HackingEthics #HackingEthik #ethics #decolonialisation

.io considered harmful • beep.blog

The .io top-level domain funds and legitimises Britain’s exile of the Chagossian people from their homeland. Here’s the history and the facts.

Nov 1, 2023 at 7:12pmWeb
Show threadRyuno-KiNov 1, 2023

@madiko @cariad @grifferz Thanks for the mention!

I first got aware of it when @eleventy moved to another TLD:

https://www.11ty.dev/blog/moving-house/

Eleventy Docs Moved from 11ty.io to 11ty.dev

An Eleventy blog post published on December 2019.

Eleventy
Show threadocdtrekkieNov 3, 2023
@RyunoKi @madiko @[email protected] @grifferz @eleventy This blog post was super conveniently put in front of me when I was writing a blog post and needed a reference to why .io was a bad idea. The original article I recall from 2014 was on a tech news site that's long gone.
Show threadRyuno-KiNov 3, 2023

@madiko Looks like the author received … unwarranted messages once the link appeared on Hacker News:

https://hachyderm.io/@cariad/111345049800465373

Send hugs?

Cariad Eccleston 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] Yeah — not long after it hit HN, I started getting password reset attempts, phishing attempts, photos of dead cats, and… you know. Children. I’m *that* controversial only a couple of times a year. I don’t know how the Internet’s daily targets survive with their sanity intact.

Hachyderm.io
Show threadCysio ​Nov 9, 2023
@RyunoKi @madiko HN keeps being HN, it seems
Show threadRyuno-KiNov 9, 2023
@me @madiko I dislike it. I mean, I can imagine simpler ways to access a link.
Show threadLuke ChanningsNov 9, 2023
@madiko @cariad @RyunoKi @grifferz I read about this on Hacker News a week or so back. As a Brit I've been completely ignorant about this, it's shameful.
Show threadGarethNov 9, 2023
@madiko @cariad @RyunoKi @grifferz I can’t remember the last time I was this ashamed to be British. That’s the sort of stuff you read about in history books, when you can blame the Empire and “old timey” attitudes, not something that happened in my parents lifetimes…
Show threadAdam R. WoodNov 9, 2023

@madiko @cariad @RyunoKi @grifferz

Say, #itchio... I don't suppose you're successful enough to be able to, you know, move?

Show threadRyuno-KiNov 9, 2023

@Zotmeister @madiko @cariad @grifferz

US jurisdiction. I doubt they care.

Show threadAdam R. WoodNov 9, 2023
@RyunoKi @madiko @cariad @grifferz I doubt they even *know*. I sure didn't.
Show threaddokNov 9, 2023
@madiko @cariad @RyunoKi @grifferz same topic https://j3s.sh/thought/.io-domains-considered-harmful.html
j3s.sh

Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveNov 9, 2023

@madiko @cariad @duckalini Ohh, thank you for sharing! I was just looking this earlier to remind people of this, and noticed that all of my usual sources, such as thedarksideof dot io and the GigaOm article from 2014, have dropped off the internet.

New source to link to, excellent! 🙂👍🏻

Show threadmushroom 🍄Nov 10, 2023
@madiko @cariad @RyunoKi @grifferz reminder that hachyderm dot io has an anti-colonial rule 
Show threadRedPandaLizNov 10, 2023
@madiko @cariad @RyunoKi @grifferz That's actually heartbreaking and intensely deep and corrupted.
Show threadHugo 雨果Nov 10, 2023
@madiko @cariad @RyunoKi @grifferz This is one of the main reasons why I’m transitioning to a different TLD for email and everything else (my .io is still paid for like a year I think). I’ll bookmark this well detailed article for the next time somebody asks for more details. Thanks for this well-written piece.
Show threadSion [tech/gaming]Nov 11, 2023
@madiko @cariad If there's one thing I'd really like @itchio to do differently it's not have a .io domain.
Show threadLed By Gilded FoolsNov 12, 2023

@madiko @cariad @RyunoKi @grifferz

CC: @jessicawildfire
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You may want to find a new TLD for your https://www.okdoomer.io domain

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