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The free, traffic-requiring TLD: .tk

• JasonFruit 8y ago
  I read this and am not sure I understand why it's interesting. Can anyone provide a .tk TLD TLDR so I can say, TIL .tk?
  • jolmg 8y ago
    I believe this is the main site for the TCL programming language and its TK GUI ToolKit: https://www.tcl.tk/ https://www.tcl.tk/ TK is ported to various OSes and languages. It seems popular enough so that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tk redirects to the toolkit instead of the TLD. EDIT: added more info and rephrased
  • mikestew 8y ago
    Free domain names! But the free ones have to have "regular traffic", the definition of which is not in the Wikipedia page. If you don't want to have to have a site that gets regular visitors, you can outright buy the domain at varying prices. But to get to the TL;DR: free domain names! (Some restrictions apply, see far-away-country dealer for details.)
• fiiv 8y ago
  I remember having one of these when I was a teenager and wanted a domain for free.
• lopmotr 8y ago
  Are they doing this to increase the number of non-spam domains so the overall .tk domain use looks more legitimate?
  • dzek69 8y ago
    They are doing it since like always. I remember registering one 10 years ago
  • duskwuff 8y ago
    Oh, that ship sailed a long time ago. Free domain registries have always been attractive to bad actors; adding traffic requirements won't change that one bit.
• callumlocke 8y ago
  Doing what? All I see is the Wikipedia article for the TLD.
  • jolmg 8y ago
    Well, the article does have the link to the registry: http://www.dot.tk http://www.dot.tk
• tmpz22 8y ago
  Oh boy I remember being a teen and all the gaming forums and gaming communities always started out with a .tk site. None of us had credit cards so it was the go to for starting a project.
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