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Why should they be "cleaned up" when there are TLDs like .blog, .hotel, .sucks, and other great ones (.great doesn't exist) that are allowed to be there?

voytec 2y ago
Two-char TLDs are a special case and are bound to a country. And this rule works both ways - Soviet Union wanted .ussr and was given .su
- Nullabillity 2y ago
  .su also still exists, despite its backing country having gone under over 30 years ago.
  - p4bl0 2y ago
    Because the country disappeared before that rules was set in place.
    - voytec 2y ago
      Yup. IANA dind't have ccTLD retiring procedures yet, when Soviet Union collapsed in 1990. But would they want to, they could delist it at any point. IANA holds the registry for all TLDs and - that's extreme and unlikely - could delist .ru, .ir or .kp at any moment.
      - Arnt 2y ago
        The WLAN password at ICANN meetings is oneworldoneinternet. Keeping the net together needs continuous peacekeeping effort. ICANN could delist in theory, that peacekeeping makes it impractical.
jsheard 2y ago
.sucks really shouldn't exist, it's pretty explicitly set up as an extortion racket. They charge nearly $300 a year because they know that brands will pay a lot to prevent anyone else from getting brand.sucks.
- voytec 2y ago
  > it's pretty explicitly set up as an extortion racket Or rather for squatting. google.sucks is registered by Google LLC, microsoft.sucks by Microsoft Corporation, meta.sucks by Meta Platforms, Inc., and so on...
  - jsheard 2y ago
    Microsoft owns microsoft.sucks but they decided to redirect it to microsoft.com, which is a bit of an own goal. The others don't point to anything.
    - bobthebutcher 2y ago
      Looks like the redirect doesn't work for me since they couldn't get their SSL working.. Truth in advertising at least.
  - hnuser123456 2y ago
    That's what they're saying. Corps are "forced" to buy their own domain with .sucks to prevent someone else from hosting something critical of the brands there. Whoever came up with .sucks gets to make money from people buying the domains just to prevent others from using them to actually host something.
- mardifoufs 2y ago
  I'm going to claim dotsucks.sucks now.
  - ProxCoques 2y ago
    Didn't somebody register dot.com and had an email address of dot.dot@dot.com? You could have dot.dot@dotsucks.com
p4bl0 2y ago
Because gTLD must be at least three letters long, and ccTLD must be two letters long. That's what the rule says. But of course, such rules are arbitrary and can be changed.

voytec 2y ago

Two-char TLDs are a special case and are bound to a country. And this rule works both ways - Soviet Union wanted .ussr and was given .su

Nullabillity 2y ago
.su also still exists, despite its backing country having gone under over 30 years ago.
- p4bl0 2y ago
  Because the country disappeared before that rules was set in place.
  - voytec 2y ago
    Yup. IANA dind't have ccTLD retiring procedures yet, when Soviet Union collapsed in 1990. But would they want to, they could delist it at any point. IANA holds the registry for all TLDs and - that's extreme and unlikely - could delist .ru, .ir or .kp at any moment.
    - Arnt 2y ago
      The WLAN password at ICANN meetings is oneworldoneinternet. Keeping the net together needs continuous peacekeeping effort. ICANN could delist in theory, that peacekeeping makes it impractical.

jsheard 2y ago

.sucks really shouldn't exist, it's pretty explicitly set up as an extortion racket. They charge nearly $300 a year because they know that brands will pay a lot to prevent anyone else from getting brand.sucks.

voytec 2y ago
> it's pretty explicitly set up as an extortion racket Or rather for squatting. google.sucks is registered by Google LLC, microsoft.sucks by Microsoft Corporation, meta.sucks by Meta Platforms, Inc., and so on...
- jsheard 2y ago
  Microsoft owns microsoft.sucks but they decided to redirect it to microsoft.com, which is a bit of an own goal. The others don't point to anything.
  - bobthebutcher 2y ago
    Looks like the redirect doesn't work for me since they couldn't get their SSL working.. Truth in advertising at least.
- hnuser123456 2y ago
  That's what they're saying. Corps are "forced" to buy their own domain with .sucks to prevent someone else from hosting something critical of the brands there. Whoever came up with .sucks gets to make money from people buying the domains just to prevent others from using them to actually host something.
mardifoufs 2y ago
I'm going to claim dotsucks.sucks now.
- ProxCoques 2y ago
  Didn't somebody register dot.com and had an email address of dot.dot@dot.com? You could have dot.dot@dotsucks.com

p4bl0 2y ago

Because gTLD must be at least three letters long, and ccTLD must be two letters long. That's what the rule says. But of course, such rules are arbitrary and can be changed.