Financial dispute leads to suspension of more than 100 .af websites (www.techradar.com)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 2024 13:04
https://lemmy.nz/post/7051548

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TheOneCurly@lemm.ee on 19 Feb 2024 13:41 next collapse

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

db2@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 2024 13:51 next collapse

<img alt="No I don’t think I will" src="https://files.catbox.moe/1363fi.jpg">

LufyCZ@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 2024 14:29 next collapse

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

Skua@kbin.social on 19 Feb 2024 17:09 collapse

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 on 19 Feb 2024 18:36 collapse

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!

CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml on 19 Feb 2024 15:05 next collapse

No

asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world on 20 Feb 2024 00:55 collapse

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 on 19 Feb 2024 13:46 next collapse

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

RobotToaster@mander.xyz on 19 Feb 2024 13:48 collapse

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 on 19 Feb 2024 14:06 next collapse

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 on 19 Feb 2024 17:49 collapse

It would be ironic .af

SharkAttak@kbin.social on 19 Feb 2024 14:33 next collapse

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

tristan@aussie.zone on 19 Feb 2024 18:12 collapse

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