A great TLD to tell you which sites to avoid explicitly.
this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2023
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Fucking ICANN.
Seriously. The state of TLDs is a mess. It’s like Google has their arm up ICANNs ass and is using them as a puppet. The huge amount of shitty vanity TLDs rolled out in the last few years is insane and most are being administered by asshats
Seriously. The state of TLDs is a mess.
Even though I agree that the TLD scene is getting way out of hand, I really don't agree the current state is worse than having just a couple of TLDs and ccTLDs, specially considering the massive problem that is domain squatting.
It's not like ccTLDs haven't been abused as vanity TLDs. If demand is already there, why not supply it adequately?
But now the user has to worry about fraud like “Medicare.com” and “Medicare.net” and “Medicare.usa” because ICANN just pops out domain names to anyone who asks for them.
I think it's safe to assume that medicare.meme won't do scammers much good.
On a more serious note, a TLD is just one of the many ways to clickjack. Even godaddy suggests weird combinations using respectable TLDs such as medicared.com, and even medicare.eu.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
If you ever wanted to make your website sound a little more silly, now’s your chance.
Google Registry just released a new top-level domain that lets you slap a big ol’ .meme at the end of your website.
The new .meme domains are available to register right now as part of an early access period for an “additional one-time fee.” If you don’t want to pay extra, you can wait until they become publicly available on December 5th at 4PM UTC (12PM ET) to pay just the base annual price.
There are already a handful of sites that are embracing the .meme domain, some of which are dedicated to memes from the days of yore, including grumpycat.meme, nyancat.meme, and keyboardcat.meme.
However, some of these .meme sites just direct you to a .com address or point you to another platform.
Google Registry already has a roster of unconventional domain names, like .dad, .boo, and even the recently released .ing, but .meme is arguably the wackiest of the bunch.
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