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> - do you lean toward liberal or conservative? While I don't plan on explicitly "exposing" that, but I'm sure it could probably be determined indirectly - or

> - do you lean toward liberal or conservative? While I don't plan on explicitly "exposing" that, but I'm sure it could probably be determined indirectly - or else it could simply be assumed to be whatever someone (ie. trolls) wants it to be; so I'll not answer specifically, for the benefit of anyone else having the same questions as I and that would appreciate more general answers. > - what is your threat model? twitter users or do you plan on pissing off a nation state? Again, not trying to be "up to no good in my neighborhood", so nothing specific; but yeah, as an example, some Twitter (or any other platform) users might decide they're annoyed with me and decide to be a nuisance (again, trying to think of 'bad case scenarios', but not necessarily 'worst case'). > what country are you in? North America, though I would probably pick a non-specific TLD anyways. > do you have the knowledge to acquire or use cryptocurrency Open to that, if that offers better privacy protections (and is possible via registrars - ie. offer actual extra benefits). But otherwise don't really think it would be necessary to that level (but again, others might benefit from those answers). > how much would you trust a registrar That's kind of open-ended; obviously there's gonna have to be some level of trust, short of becoming a registrar myself. Looking to find out the ones that have shown best protections. > are you trying to buy one domain for a blog where you will potentially offend someone, or are you looking for an all in "form offshore limited company and have the domain and hosting purchased by that"? In my case, more the former (without specific intentions re: offending others), and just thinking how best to protect myself in 'bad case scenarios' (and again, others might benefit from wide variety of answers) > can you afford paying 3-8x what a normal domain would cost to pick a "better" registrar Not off the table, if it offers actual benefits. Thanks for the extra questions - some I hadn't considered.

ev1 6y ago
FWIW, the first question unlocks certain things, like how welcome you would be at certain domain registrars known for privacy (like ultra-far-right US ones that generally only like you if you align with the Gab/Parler crowd) vs how welcome you would be at certain "ultra-liberal copyleft-supporting" registrars. I was not meaning to ask that for the sake of asking, as there are a few privacy-minded registrars that simultaneously also do the whole "we do not support hate speech" in PR, which changes the customer base or what you would want to host there. A very common concept in these is picking the other side instead; like if you were posting negative sentiments against Russia/etc, the US would probably be happy to host your "free speech", while same for the opposite. > North America, though I would probably pick a non-specific TLD anyways. Be very careful on this, because ccTLDs do not have any/all the protections some gTLDs do. For your curiosity, my reason for asking the country is that some will allow trolls to do things like file false DMCAs, for example, while this concept would not exist in others.
- johnny_b_g 6y ago
  First off: thanks a lot for the extra info/context, as it gives me (and others) things to also consider that I hadn't - I appreciate it, as I'm sure others do. As I eluded to earlier, I'm not considering doing anything 'high risk' for myself; this has been more of a thought exercise for me of scenarios to consider - like some random benign post of mine somewhere being totally misinterpreted and leading to a small hoard of trolls trying to be a nuisance. Essentially, exploring the best ways and solutions to try to mitigate any chances of being doxxed (which I realized I should have also stated in my original post). Thanks again.
  - ev1 6y ago
    The ultra-generic neutral option is probably "buy a domain from njalla and be careful what you actually post on it"

ev1 6y ago

FWIW, the first question unlocks certain things, like how welcome you would be at certain domain registrars known for privacy (like ultra-far-right US ones that generally only like you if you align with the Gab/Parler crowd) vs how welcome you would be at certain "ultra-liberal copyleft-supporting" registrars. I was not meaning to ask that for the sake of asking, as there are a few privacy-minded registrars that simultaneously also do the whole "we do not support hate speech" in PR, which changes the customer base or what you would want to host there. A very common concept in these is picking the other side instead; like if you were posting negative sentiments against Russia/etc, the US would probably be happy to host your "free speech", while same for the opposite. > North America, though I would probably pick a non-specific TLD anyways. Be very careful on this, because ccTLDs do not have any/all the protections some gTLDs do. For your curiosity, my reason for asking the country is that some will allow trolls to do things like file false DMCAs, for example, while this concept would not exist in others.

johnny_b_g 6y ago
First off: thanks a lot for the extra info/context, as it gives me (and others) things to also consider that I hadn't - I appreciate it, as I'm sure others do. As I eluded to earlier, I'm not considering doing anything 'high risk' for myself; this has been more of a thought exercise for me of scenarios to consider - like some random benign post of mine somewhere being totally misinterpreted and leading to a small hoard of trolls trying to be a nuisance. Essentially, exploring the best ways and solutions to try to mitigate any chances of being doxxed (which I realized I should have also stated in my original post). Thanks again.
- ev1 6y ago
  The ultra-generic neutral option is probably "buy a domain from njalla and be careful what you actually post on it"