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@mttaggart @mwl tbh, I think .io should continue to exist, but just like .dev or .tech, just changing who administrates it, otherwise they'll cause so much link rot and break the web.
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 @mttaggart @thisismissem @mwl Seems ideal if it can be their call, and their chance to make some return on the domain's registration fees. Perhaps the hard bit would be finding a representative for the community / or effectively, defining "the community"? I'm super ignorant about that though, so it might not be as problematic as I imagine?  I suppose also some investors could hand them a giant check to "privatize" the domain and turn it into a corporate run tld. @mttaggart Including with .to, the domain name of the site in your link, in my opinion.  "Maybe so, but Mauritius/the Chagossians would have to agree. Perhaps they will, but I'm okay with it being their call." thank you. this is how you respect indigenous people's right to self-determination.  Yep, but there's lots of history of these transfers going badly. I'd like to see the islands take it over. Yes, they'd have to outsource management to an operator, but they'd have a nice revenue stream from us geeks. @thisismissem @mttaggart @mwl I doubt ICANN will allow it's continued existence. They really do not want to wade into geopolitics
@thisismissem @mttaggart @mwl Given that .su still exists for the Soviet Union, I'm highly skeptical that IANA will retire the .io TLD. Couldn't Mauritius continue to administer .io?  @thisismissem @mttaggart @mwl also my lastname works perfectly with it because it ends with "io", I'd be sad to lose that domain. I expect many others would too, even disregarding crypto bro companies "I think .io should continue to exist" catch yourself perpetuating the iconic duo of white women and settler colonialist bullshit. do not fall for the settler colonialist bullshit. |
@thisismissem @mwl Maybe so, but Mauritius/the Chagossians would have to agree. Perhaps they will, but I'm okay with it being their call. I think the long history of playing fast and loose with national TLDs should come to an end.