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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 71 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

the Taliban spokesperson, Alokozai, claimed that the suspensions had nothing to do with the content of some of the domains, indicating that payment would reverse the suspension.

There's something funny about everyone assuming the domain was taken down for religious reasons, and the taliban having to clarify that they don't give a shit and just want money.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tbf it does become an ideological dispute if the customers are like "we'd be perfectly willing to pay if the money wasn't going to the Taliban"

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago

It would be ironic .af

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[–] SharkAttak@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah no way I'm gonna believe to religious extremists when the come up with excuses for their horrible behaviour.

[–] TheOneCurly@lemm.ee 33 points 9 months ago (4 children)

There are hundreds of gTLDs now, maybe everyone can stop abusing country code TLDs and leave them for their intended purposes.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago
[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How else am I gonna have a neat.af domain tho

[–] Skua@kbin.social 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Use the Australian football league one neat.afl and hope that nobody notices the L that the Taliban have inflicted on the rest of us

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Haha, damn, alright I grant this is actually funny, unlike most commentary about the Taliban connection.

Have my upvote, and please proceed to DadJokes, where you clearly belong!

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Especially in tech, if an intended purpose isn't actually enforced then that's as good as having no intended purpose at all.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Though the .af domain is related to the country of Afghanistan, ‘af’ is also a commonly used abbreviation in the English language, hence its use in non-Afghan sites.

snort