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They seem to be almost always associated with scam sites. So, might as well to block entire TLDs and never buy a domain under those TLDs

by g947o 8mo ago

eli 8mo ago
That's just because they're relatively inexpensive
xnorswap 8mo ago
The only .fun site I know is neal.fun, which regularly features on the front page here: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=neal.fun https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=neal.fun
- ivanjermakov 8mo ago
  I can also name https://beamng.tech/ https://beamng.tech/
jeroenhd 8mo ago
These alternative domains are quite popular with the fediverse and other hobbyist-run groups. Affordable domains with somewhat recognisable names still available. Scam websites will use any TLD in my experience. Based on the ones that made it to my Google search results, .it and .info are the TLDs I should be blocking. When I search for "free roblox cash", most websites are .com. "Free robux" also brings forth a few .ca websites. "Free steam gift card" leads to .org and .com.
- kstrauser 8mo ago
  My all time favorite Fediverse domain is jorts.horse. That’s the most delightfully random thing.
  - b65e8bee43c2ed0 8mo ago
    this looks exactly like every mastodon instance I ever saw.
- prmoustache 8mo ago
  > Affordable domains with somewhat recognisable names still available. Aren't they only affordable for the first year though?
  - erinnh 8mo ago
    I don’t know about most of them, but I’ve used .pw for many years for most of my domains as pw is really cheap even on renewal.
  - jeroenhd 8mo ago
    $2 per month isn't cheap for a domain per se, but compared to .ht or .ao or .ly it's still cheap. TLDs like .stream, .click, .top, and .link are cheap in general, even compared to .com
dist-epoch 8mo ago
Because they are very cheap. If you are a scammer, why pay $5 for a domain when you can buy one of these for $1. I use them when I need a random domain.
- esseph 8mo ago
  > Because they are very cheap. When I first bought an .online, it was not cheap
Yizahi 8mo ago
Only .info is missing for the bingo :)
mghackerlady 8mo ago
funnily enough, good.store which sounds like a made up example of a scam is actually a nonprofit ran by john green and his brother hank green
avipars 8mo ago
add .xyz to that list

They seem to be almost always associated with scam sites. So, might as well to block entire TLDs and never buy a domain under those TLDs

by g947o 8mo ago

They seem to be almost always associated with scam sites. So, might as well to block entire TLDs and never buy a domain under those TLDs

eli 8mo ago

That's just because they're relatively inexpensive

xnorswap 8mo ago

The only .fun site I know is neal.fun, which regularly features on the front page here: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=neal.fun https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=neal.fun

ivanjermakov 8mo ago
I can also name https://beamng.tech/ https://beamng.tech/

jeroenhd 8mo ago

These alternative domains are quite popular with the fediverse and other hobbyist-run groups. Affordable domains with somewhat recognisable names still available. Scam websites will use any TLD in my experience. Based on the ones that made it to my Google search results, .it and .info are the TLDs I should be blocking. When I search for "free roblox cash", most websites are .com. "Free robux" also brings forth a few .ca websites. "Free steam gift card" leads to .org and .com.

kstrauser 8mo ago
My all time favorite Fediverse domain is jorts.horse. That’s the most delightfully random thing.
- b65e8bee43c2ed0 8mo ago
  this looks exactly like every mastodon instance I ever saw.
prmoustache 8mo ago
> Affordable domains with somewhat recognisable names still available. Aren't they only affordable for the first year though?
- erinnh 8mo ago
  I don’t know about most of them, but I’ve used .pw for many years for most of my domains as pw is really cheap even on renewal.
- jeroenhd 8mo ago
  $2 per month isn't cheap for a domain per se, but compared to .ht or .ao or .ly it's still cheap. TLDs like .stream, .click, .top, and .link are cheap in general, even compared to .com

dist-epoch 8mo ago

Because they are very cheap. If you are a scammer, why pay $5 for a domain when you can buy one of these for $1. I use them when I need a random domain.

esseph 8mo ago
> Because they are very cheap. When I first bought an .online, it was not cheap

Yizahi 8mo ago

Only .info is missing for the bingo :)

mghackerlady 8mo ago

funnily enough, good.store which sounds like a made up example of a scam is actually a nonprofit ran by john green and his brother hank green

avipars 8mo ago

add .xyz to that list