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Yeah cause we really had to improve domain squatters lives. In my opinion domain squatting should be banned instead.

by Anoian 2mo ago

wredcoll 2mo ago
Like a lot of things, society would probably benefit if we had caps on how much a single entity could own.
- al_borland 2mo ago
  Or maybe just a heavy tax on arbitrage.
al_borland 2mo ago
I'm wondering if this can be used to hunt down squatters and take domains from them, for example, if they have the domain marked as for sale in DNS, while also renewing the domain. If a renewal happens while someone has a domain listed for sale, they should give up all rights to that domain and it should go back on the open market for a sane price.
slig 2mo ago
Do you have any domains that you purchased with the intention to use and haven't been able to use them yet?
- haapier 2mo ago
  news.ycombinator.today
- account42 2mo ago
  Will you ever make use of them though? At some point we should just say that you had your chance and should let someone else use those names.
bigbuppo 2mo ago
And what is the definition of a domain squatter?
- edoceo 2mo ago
  With real-property squatting is using what someone else owns (land) w/o permission. Domains are only rented. If you rent land but don't use it the way someone else would it's not squatting. So, renting a domain that someone else wants and not using it in the way they think it should be used isn't squatting, correct? I agree it's a problem when I want a domain and it looks unused to me. I don't think it's really squatting. I think it's also a jerk move to control resources just to extract w/o developing those resources. But that also happens with real-property. All that to say: "squatting" on a domain is a "hard problem".
  - inigyou 2mo ago
    It's usually pretty obvious though because the website is an ad for the domain itself.
- Anoian 2mo ago
  Renting a domain for the the sole sake of selling the ability to rent it to someone else or even worse: Renting it at a higher price to someone else and pocketing that extra money every year without providing any additional service. Bonus points if you also track recent companies that have been created and immediately buy also the related domains and social media handles and extort the founders of the new companies.
system2 2mo ago
Maybe domain hoarding should be illegal. 1 domain per person, 1 per registered business. That would make the world a better place but I am dreaming.
- inigyou 2mo ago
  Only if you also make it illegal for the registrar and registry to cancel it. You also mandate KYC on everything. No more WHOIS privacy - if you have a domain name, the whole internet knows your home address.
qack 2mo ago
I totally agree with you! It's so hard to get a good domain name these days. It's annoying that people take advantage of that to line their own pockets.

Yeah cause we really had to improve domain squatters lives. In my opinion domain squatting should be banned instead.

by Anoian 2mo ago

Yeah cause we really had to improve domain squatters lives. In my opinion domain squatting should be banned instead.

wredcoll 2mo ago

Like a lot of things, society would probably benefit if we had caps on how much a single entity could own.

al_borland 2mo ago
Or maybe just a heavy tax on arbitrage.

al_borland 2mo ago

I'm wondering if this can be used to hunt down squatters and take domains from them, for example, if they have the domain marked as for sale in DNS, while also renewing the domain. If a renewal happens while someone has a domain listed for sale, they should give up all rights to that domain and it should go back on the open market for a sane price.

slig 2mo ago

Do you have any domains that you purchased with the intention to use and haven't been able to use them yet?

haapier 2mo ago
news.ycombinator.today
account42 2mo ago
Will you ever make use of them though? At some point we should just say that you had your chance and should let someone else use those names.

bigbuppo 2mo ago

And what is the definition of a domain squatter?

edoceo 2mo ago
With real-property squatting is using what someone else owns (land) w/o permission. Domains are only rented. If you rent land but don't use it the way someone else would it's not squatting. So, renting a domain that someone else wants and not using it in the way they think it should be used isn't squatting, correct? I agree it's a problem when I want a domain and it looks unused to me. I don't think it's really squatting. I think it's also a jerk move to control resources just to extract w/o developing those resources. But that also happens with real-property. All that to say: "squatting" on a domain is a "hard problem".
- inigyou 2mo ago
  It's usually pretty obvious though because the website is an ad for the domain itself.
Anoian 2mo ago
Renting a domain for the the sole sake of selling the ability to rent it to someone else or even worse: Renting it at a higher price to someone else and pocketing that extra money every year without providing any additional service. Bonus points if you also track recent companies that have been created and immediately buy also the related domains and social media handles and extort the founders of the new companies.

system2 2mo ago

Maybe domain hoarding should be illegal. 1 domain per person, 1 per registered business. That would make the world a better place but I am dreaming.

inigyou 2mo ago
Only if you also make it illegal for the registrar and registry to cancel it. You also mandate KYC on everything. No more WHOIS privacy - if you have a domain name, the whole internet knows your home address.

qack 2mo ago

I totally agree with you! It's so hard to get a good domain name these days. It's annoying that people take advantage of that to line their own pockets.