ICANN opens applications for new gTLDs
www.theregister.com
: $227k gets you a hearing for your dot.vanity project, or strings in one of 27 scripts

Do you have ideas for TLDs? Here’s some of mine, not sure if any of these exist already:

  • .plus
  • .now
  • .ent (short for enterprise)
  • .one
  • .er (for domain hacks, don’t get any ideas)
  • .db
  • .source
  • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    Lmao. $227k just to get heard. Looks like it’s time for a .227k domain.

  • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    .ope : for all your midwestern typo needs
    .doom : all domains registered in this TLD must have a playable version of Doom somewhere on the site
    .ram : about as price effective as buying actual RAM rn. I call dibs on more.ram so I can have a downloads page at download.more.ram

  • BoofStroke@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    14 days ago

    I believe more Tlds is generally stupid. But instead of all the protect the children bullshit, I’d be good with a .kids tld that requires certification to own. Then you can just whitelist that for your precious crotch goblins and leave the rest of us alone.

    • eleijeep@piefed.socialEnglish
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      14 days ago

      That’s a good suggestion, but unfortunately age verification is not about protecting the kids, it’s about removing anonymity from online platforms and making sure that we can’t exercise our right to speech online without risking government harassment.

      Oh yeah and the advertisers don’t want to pay to advertise to bots.

      • ilmagico@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        14 days ago

        The idea would be to provide a “protect the kids” alternative that doesn’t require global surveillance and privacy violations, so the next time they try to justify another rights violation to “protect the kids” they can be pointed to the sane alternative, and (hopefully) they’ll run out of excuses.

        I mean, one would wish it’ll play out like that, though I have some doubts. Somehow excuses seem to be always found.

        • Default Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          13 days ago

          They’ll just start using the other classic excuse of “preventing terrorism” instead in the case that “protect the children” no longer works.

          If you’re against mass surveillance, you must be pro-terrorism, right?

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
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      14 days ago

      Actually, you’re on to something there; have the TLD represent the license agreement to access ANYTHING served over it.

      .gpl .lgpl .agpl .mpl .mit .bsd .apache .epl .cddl .cc0 .ccby .ccbysa .ccbynd .ccbync .ccbyncsa .ccbyncnd

  • eleijeep@piefed.socialEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Why not remove gTLDs altogether? With the exception of country-specific TLDs, they no longer serve a purpose.

    Adding all of these worthless extensions that nobody uses just exposes how pointless the whole system is.

  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    I’d pick going back to .edu, .gov, .mil, .com, .org, .net — and actually enforcing their meanings. None of this cash grab bullshit where a company has to buy the TLD for their company name over and over.