Mastodon instance Queer.af is shutting down because the country that provides the domain is now ruled by the Taliban.

When registering a country code domain, keep in mind where the domain is being registered. A shift in government or geopolitics can have serious consequences.

  • Carighan MaconarEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    I think “funny” names involving TLDs as a whole just need to be more careful. It should never be what you expect.

    Like, if someone from the US told me to go a website called “comrade” to buy merch, I’d expect comrade.com. To get me to go to their intended address they’d need to be a German telling me to go to “comra”. That’s utterly unintuitive as far as verbal communication goes.

    • sizzlerEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      You buy both and link from the .com