Jeena@jemmy.jeena.net to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoQueer.af mastodon instance has been shut down by the Talibanjemmy.jeena.netexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkQueer.af mastodon instance has been shut down by the Talibanjemmy.jeena.netJeena@jemmy.jeena.net to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewaigl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoHonestly, why would you host a service like that under the Afghani TLD, knowing fully well what kind of country Afghanistan is these days? “Shut down by the Taliban”, sure, because you handed them the switch to shut down for no good reason.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoBecause the .af is funny. They likely knew it would get shut down eventually.
minus-squarekopper [they/them]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoyup: https://akko.erincandescent.net/objects/478dec04-ea38-44b4-8b85-2336306f8fd5
minus-squareJohanno@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoDomain names do not need to be only 3 letters long. queer.asfuck would be legitimate too or queer.assfuck if you want to
minus-squarewaigl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoTo be a bit pedantic about it, they are perfectly valid, they just don’t exist.
minus-squarejesuiscequejesuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoTo be even more pedantic, if it’s not a resolvable TLD, then it is invalid.
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoI don’t think that’s a valid TLD though. You’d need to pick from one of those: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/tlds-2012-02-25-en
minus-squaresaltesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoYou’ve never heard of the proud nation of Asfuckington?
Honestly, why would you host a service like that under the Afghani TLD, knowing fully well what kind of country Afghanistan is these days?
“Shut down by the Taliban”, sure, because you handed them the switch to shut down for no good reason.
Because the .af is funny. They likely knew it would get shut down eventually.
yup: https://akko.erincandescent.net/objects/478dec04-ea38-44b4-8b85-2336306f8fd5
Domain names do not need to be only 3 letters long.
queer.asfuck would be legitimate too or queer.assfuck if you want to
Neither of those are valid TLDs.
To be a bit pedantic about it, they are perfectly valid, they just don’t exist.
To be even more pedantic, if it’s not a resolvable TLD, then it is invalid.
I don’t think that’s a valid TLD though. You’d need to pick from one of those: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/tlds-2012-02-25-en
You’ve never heard of the proud nation of Asfuckington?