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Still a pretty strange choice for a site which wants "people to learn, grow, and contribute to a diverse and better-functioning society" [1], considering that L
by T-A 4y ago
Still a pretty strange choice for a site which wants "people to learn, grow, and contribute to a diverse and better-functioning society" [1], considering that Laos is a one-party communist dictatorship. Not the only weird situation surrounding that TLD though [2][3].
[1] https://dp.la/about https://dp.la/about
[2] https://www.la/about https://www.la/about
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.la https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.la
- ethbr0 4y agoOof. Los Angeles, Louisiana, and Chinese / French / Italian domain name hacks. That never stood a chance of being used for country-specific things.
- carapace 4y agoI worked briefly for a company that wanted (and got, and then later abandoned) a '.sy' domain. Syria. They had to get the State Dept. involved!
- MrOwnPut 4y agoYeah... honestly I skimmed over it being Laos. While I do like domain hacks I would never support a communist regime, which the domain rental most likely directly goes to.