← Back to context Comment by artursapek 20 hours ago The .ai TLD is some tiny island with a few thousand people 12 comments artursapek Reply gerdesj 20 hours ago .io is (British) Indian Ocean (Territory). dcow 18 hours ago I always thought these TLDs were a flight risk to be used in any serious capacity. What if the random state decides you/your business are in violation of [whatever] and kick you off? kamma4434 14 hours ago I seem to remember bit.ly had some issues when turmoil happened in Libya reddalo 12 hours ago Notion just migrated from their Somali domain to a normal .com botfriendsarent 3 hours ago What if they sent out a hit squad to your house? sneak 11 hours ago My latest domain (five chars!) that I am actually using recently went down because my registrar is (was?) in Gaza.The registry thankfully was able to sort it out and I was able to get it back and registered with a regisrar not currently being actively genocided.I felt like a real dick, emailing people in Gaza in 2026 how to renew my domain. vasco 16 hours ago What if an elephant steps on the power cable to the server room? 3 replies → artursapek 18 hours ago haha yeah I've bet the last 12 months of my career on a .io
gerdesj 20 hours ago .io is (British) Indian Ocean (Territory). dcow 18 hours ago I always thought these TLDs were a flight risk to be used in any serious capacity. What if the random state decides you/your business are in violation of [whatever] and kick you off? kamma4434 14 hours ago I seem to remember bit.ly had some issues when turmoil happened in Libya reddalo 12 hours ago Notion just migrated from their Somali domain to a normal .com botfriendsarent 3 hours ago What if they sent out a hit squad to your house? sneak 11 hours ago My latest domain (five chars!) that I am actually using recently went down because my registrar is (was?) in Gaza.The registry thankfully was able to sort it out and I was able to get it back and registered with a regisrar not currently being actively genocided.I felt like a real dick, emailing people in Gaza in 2026 how to renew my domain. vasco 16 hours ago What if an elephant steps on the power cable to the server room? 3 replies → artursapek 18 hours ago haha yeah I've bet the last 12 months of my career on a .io
dcow 18 hours ago I always thought these TLDs were a flight risk to be used in any serious capacity. What if the random state decides you/your business are in violation of [whatever] and kick you off? kamma4434 14 hours ago I seem to remember bit.ly had some issues when turmoil happened in Libya reddalo 12 hours ago Notion just migrated from their Somali domain to a normal .com botfriendsarent 3 hours ago What if they sent out a hit squad to your house? sneak 11 hours ago My latest domain (five chars!) that I am actually using recently went down because my registrar is (was?) in Gaza.The registry thankfully was able to sort it out and I was able to get it back and registered with a regisrar not currently being actively genocided.I felt like a real dick, emailing people in Gaza in 2026 how to renew my domain. vasco 16 hours ago What if an elephant steps on the power cable to the server room? 3 replies →
sneak 11 hours ago My latest domain (five chars!) that I am actually using recently went down because my registrar is (was?) in Gaza.The registry thankfully was able to sort it out and I was able to get it back and registered with a regisrar not currently being actively genocided.I felt like a real dick, emailing people in Gaza in 2026 how to renew my domain.
.io is (British) Indian Ocean (Territory).
I always thought these TLDs were a flight risk to be used in any serious capacity. What if the random state decides you/your business are in violation of [whatever] and kick you off?
I seem to remember bit.ly had some issues when turmoil happened in Libya
Notion just migrated from their Somali domain to a normal .com
What if they sent out a hit squad to your house?
My latest domain (five chars!) that I am actually using recently went down because my registrar is (was?) in Gaza.
The registry thankfully was able to sort it out and I was able to get it back and registered with a regisrar not currently being actively genocided.
I felt like a real dick, emailing people in Gaza in 2026 how to renew my domain.
What if an elephant steps on the power cable to the server room?
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haha yeah I've bet the last 12 months of my career on a .io