How 'bout more TLDs that are not English-centric?
Technology
News community around technology, social media platforms, information technology and governmental policy surrounding it.
What doesn't fit here?
The core of the story has to be technology focused.
- If article mentions "AI" in a sentence and then talks about business economics that doesn't make it tech news.
- Gaming is too many layers removed from technology. There are many dedicated communities that are a better fit for it.
- Transporation is too many layers removed from technology. EVs while use many cool technologies have many dedicated communities that are a better fit for it.
- Entertainment is too many layers removed from technology. While sometimes it can fit here, business or cultural aspects of it are a better fit for dedicated communities.
- Cybersecurity. While it heavily focuses on technology, most of the time it's too technical for most people who are not already invested in it. Should be posted in a dedicated communities unless it has broader connection to other tech areas.
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Country prefix
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As I said in the other thread where this was posted: I’d suggest simply returning to .edu, .gov, .mil, .com, .org, .net — and actually enforcing their meanings.
Yeah I gotta be honest. Any time I see a .io tld on something tech related I assume they're pretentious. Also I hate having to type the tld, I always ctrl enter for .com domains.
That said I do have a .xyz domain, but only because it's 99 cents a year. Which reminds me I need to renew it.
I really liked .io when those started popping up, I thought it would be perfect if I had any silly little personal API projects.
Their popularity means they are way too expensive for that. Any hope of me actually buying a domain is really shrinking because the more I learned about the web the less inclined I am to have my personal info out there this way. I know there are privacy respecting ways to get a domain, but you know what I mean
.slop
All the religious wingnuts will hop all over:
- .god
- .truth
- .holy
...etc., etc.
I say milk 'em for all they're worth. They grift plenty enough, so I've got no problem turning the tables.
Make it easy to filter them out? I'm on board
.epstein
IDK who is squatting on this, but poop.ai has a minimum bid of $70k. I'm leaning poo.pay but my number two would be .poo TLDs, for the shits of it.
Hahahaha yes! A TLD exclusively dedicated to silly websites
.foss .linux
I'd love to see .source
Could be used for a lot of different tech and non tech things: open.source, linux.source, lifehacks.source, re.source
Great potential
.plug