Comment by merek
17 hours ago
The TLD owner in this case was Radix, which also owns
.store .online .tech .site .fun .pw .host .press .space .uno .website
17 hours ago
The TLD owner in this case was Radix, which also owns
.store .online .tech .site .fun .pw .host .press .space .uno .website
They seem to be almost always associated with scam sites.
So, might as well to block entire TLDs and never buy a domain under those TLDs
These alternative domains are quite popular with the fediverse and other hobbyist-run groups. Affordable domains with somewhat recognisable names still available.
Scam websites will use any TLD in my experience. Based on the ones that made it to my Google search results, .it and .info are the TLDs I should be blocking. When I search for "free roblox cash", most websites are .com. "Free robux" also brings forth a few .ca websites. "Free steam gift card" leads to .org and .com.
> Affordable domains with somewhat recognisable names still available.
Aren't they only affordable for the first year though?
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My all time favorite Fediverse domain is jorts.horse. That’s the most delightfully random thing.
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The only .fun site I know is neal.fun, which regularly features on the front page here: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=neal.fun
I can also name https://beamng.tech/
funnily enough, good.store which sounds like a made up example of a scam is actually a nonprofit ran by john green and his brother hank green
That's just because they're relatively inexpensive
Only .info is missing for the bingo :)
Because they are very cheap. If you are a scammer, why pay $5 for a domain when you can buy one of these for $1.
I use them when I need a random domain.
> Because they are very cheap.
When I first bought an .online, it was not cheap
Despite blocking 66 TLDs and all IDN ccTLDs on my home dns I didn’t have these blocked. Guess I’ll consider it. Once you have the hagezi rpz files including threat information feed though you really have blocked most silliness.
Well, dang. I've used a .tech as my personal domain and email for some years now, and didn't know this was owned by an obnoxious registry.