Another win for the decentralized Fediverse when a government domain takeback can’t shut it down!
Mali has decided to take back .ml from people who took advantage of the free domain like fmhy.ml & maybe lemmy.ml - https://lemmy.world/post/1915581
And while it sucks for those servers & those users may have to migrate, the #Fediverse and it’s plethora of platforms continues on. 💪 💜
@fediverse #lemmy #mastodon #calckey #mali #decentralization
I didn’t realise you could do that, but then again I have no idea how country specific domains work
@dylanTheDeveloper In hindsight, getting a country domain as your main was not a biggest brain idea.
@renwillis @dylanTheDeveloper
Depends on the country. Some are imho better run than com/net/org.
Disclosure: my company is a country registrar.
yeah and some countries with popular tld’s (.fm,.tv) like the revenue they generate and have no interest in disturbing that situation. That said, there’s always a risk, especially since things can change, governments change etc.
@joklhops
Yes, governence is key. That should ideally have it’s users as stakeholders and be for public benefit and not for profit. Oh and be efficient. There’s no technical reason why domains should cost more than $5.
There has to be a government connection since the DNS infrastructure in a developed country has to protected against bad actors will necessarily be linked, but not controlled, by national cybersecurity.
Oh and it should be a politically stable country. Problematical for the US?
Where does
.usfall on that scale?