gus_massa
2 days ago
Didn't it already happen with .io and .tv?
theanonymousone
a day ago
Do they explicitly exclude "foreigners" from registering?
I read that Tuvalo earns a good portion of their GDP from .tv domain sales.
Tell HN: Some tech companies use .so domains, despite no connection to Somalia
5 pointsposted 2 days ago
by theanonymousoneItem id: 47572654
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A_D_E_P_T
2 days ago
Over the past couple years, .so has been pitched by Namecheap as a generic short TLD.
Try this: Search Namecheap for a random domain name. Scroll down a bit to see their list of suggestions. .so is always on the list, next to .cc and similar TLDs.
".so" is perhaps a little bit more clever-seeming. "Readme.so" implies "so... what?"
Anyway, the "country-based" TLD system is busted. People register whatever they want. Similarly, it used to be that you could only register a .org if you were a nonprofit or NGO, but those days have long since passed...
Besides, this is sanctioned by the Somali government. It gets them paid. Anguilla makes a ton of money from the .ai TLD.
Bender
2 days ago
Similarly, it used to be that you could only register a .org if you were a nonprofit or NGO, but those days have long since passed...
I have used .org and .net extensively since 1998 for my hobby sites. When did they force any checks on org? I have never received any warnings or statements suggesting I should only use it for a nonprofit. I have used .org for profit a few times without issue.
The .org extension is an open and unrestricted top-level domain meaning anyone can register it for any purpose including commercial activities. At worst using it for anything other than a nonprofit can lead to confusion or trust issues if the site is not obviously for profit.
pestatije
2 days ago
wikipedia says...enough said