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Queer.af Mastodon instance has been shut down by the Taliban

38 points by luu 3y ago

lxe 3y ago
If ccTLD is under control of groups like Taliban, and more instances like this surface, how likely it is for ICANN "revolt" and intervene in ccTLD operations and take over?
- ipaddr 3y ago
  None.
- somedude895 3y ago
  I very much doubt they'd be stupid enough to do that. Where do you draw the line? Do you take control of the tlds of every country that is not, in your view, democratically legitimized? Just the ones that don't share your values? Terrible idea, no thanks.
- jijijijij 3y ago
  I think the ccTLD .af is in control of a group like the Taliban, because Afghanistan is in control of a group like the Taliban [1]. What exactly would the ICANN revolt about? Who should govern country code TLDs? Should the .us TLD be seized when the Project 2025/Agenda47 republicans run the US[2,3]? Can we get Library Genesis and Pirate Bay with .us TLD then? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 [3] https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47 https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47 [*] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_and_surveillance_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_and_survei...
p1mrx 3y ago
They registered a domain in Afghanistan, what did they think was going to happen? Hopefully this was an exercise in burning money for comedic value.
- galenguyer 3y ago
  They fully expected for it to get "talibanned" https://twitter.com/edefic/status/1757110857949958429 https://twitter.com/edefic/status/1757110857949958429
ChrisArchitect 3y ago
Right, add to list of examples of the risks of using random ccTLDs as your domains just to get a cool looking branding. We've seen this a number of times. I do feel for them however. Also, no big deal right? Ppl can just migrate their account to another mastodon instance and everything's cool? (not true, content doesn't go with them)
- ChrisArchitect 3y ago
  Related recent discussion about the .ai ccTLD (which isn't the same as this but anecdotes of ccTLD risks) .ai website registrations are a windfall for tiny Anguilla https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39194477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39194477
jijijijij 3y ago
That's tragic and very, very funny. Excellent addition to my 2024 screenshot collection.
Havoc 3y ago
To be fair that was a great domain for the task

38 points by luu 3y ago

lxe 3y ago

If ccTLD is under control of groups like Taliban, and more instances like this surface, how likely it is for ICANN "revolt" and intervene in ccTLD operations and take over?

ipaddr 3y ago
None.
somedude895 3y ago
I very much doubt they'd be stupid enough to do that. Where do you draw the line? Do you take control of the tlds of every country that is not, in your view, democratically legitimized? Just the ones that don't share your values? Terrible idea, no thanks.
jijijijij 3y ago
I think the ccTLD .af is in control of a group like the Taliban, because Afghanistan is in control of a group like the Taliban [1]. What exactly would the ICANN revolt about? Who should govern country code TLDs? Should the .us TLD be seized when the Project 2025/Agenda47 republicans run the US[2,3]? Can we get Library Genesis and Pirate Bay with .us TLD then? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 [3] https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47 https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47 [*] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_and_surveillance_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_and_survei...

p1mrx 3y ago

They registered a domain in Afghanistan, what did they think was going to happen? Hopefully this was an exercise in burning money for comedic value.

galenguyer 3y ago
They fully expected for it to get "talibanned" https://twitter.com/edefic/status/1757110857949958429 https://twitter.com/edefic/status/1757110857949958429

ChrisArchitect 3y ago

Right, add to list of examples of the risks of using random ccTLDs as your domains just to get a cool looking branding. We've seen this a number of times. I do feel for them however. Also, no big deal right? Ppl can just migrate their account to another mastodon instance and everything's cool? (not true, content doesn't go with them)

ChrisArchitect 3y ago
Related recent discussion about the .ai ccTLD (which isn't the same as this but anecdotes of ccTLD risks) .ai website registrations are a windfall for tiny Anguilla https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39194477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39194477

jijijijij 3y ago

That's tragic and very, very funny. Excellent addition to my 2024 screenshot collection.

Havoc 3y ago

To be fair that was a great domain for the task