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how does a link like this gets to the front page of hn?
by taesu 7y ago
how does a link like this gets to the front page of hn?
- tyingq 7y agoIt's interesting because it's still in use, even though the Soviet Union doesn't exist. ICANN hasn't been successful in forcing the retirement. Compare to the .cs TLD for Czechoslovakia which was phased out and replaced with new TLDs.
- empyrical 7y ago.an also was phased out when the Netherland Antilles dissolved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.an
- taesu 7y agoI see. I thought it was very strange as no comment & so random.
- kijin 7y agoI don't think ICANN should retire a domain namespace just because a political entity that it used to represent no longer exists. Cool URIs don't change [1]. [1] https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html
- tyingq 7y agoI suppose it avoids awkward politics. It's not clear to me, at least, which country would get to control the former Czechoslovakia TLD.
- notduncansmith 7y agoAlso interesting is who is still using it: > Among the institutions still using this domain is the Russian pro-Vladimir Putin youth movement Nashi, as well as by the pro-Russian armed insurgency in Eastern Ukraine. Some organizations with roots in the former Soviet Union also still use this TLD. > The domain has been reported to host many cybercrime activities due to the lax, outdated terms of use, and staying out of focus (2% usage comparing to the primary .ru zone).
- amelius 7y agoBy the way, Honduras has the ".hn" toplevel domain name.
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- phaemon 7y agoYou click the "submit" link at the top of the page. Then enter the URL you want to submit. It will then appear in the list you can see under the "new" link. If people find it interesting, they can then upvote it by clicking the little up arrow beside the submitted link. If enough people do that, then it will end up on the front page. And that's all there is to it!
- nashashmi 7y agoThat was quite courteous way to perceive the question and respond. I can do one better: The link is to a Wikipedia page with a long url. You can submit a title to mask the link. The op posted ".SU" and so .su isn't a link, it's just a title.
- dang 7y agoThere's also the second-chance process: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380.