After years in limbo, the Taliban recently began reoperating Afghanistan's .af TLD, which is breaking parts of the internet.
    • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      They used .af because in modern english, “af” stands for “as fuck”

      As in “queer. As fuck”, meaning VERY queer

    • jevans ⁂@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The problem is who controls them. The government of each country can decide at any moment that they want to take control of their TLD and remove any sites that they don’t like. It’s just not good practice if you want your site to stick around.

      • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Right. So how do you differentiate between the 2-letters ones and 3+? Each TLD can have domains requisitiioned by a government, even if its indirect through ICANN.

        • jevans ⁂@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          ICANN is certainly not perfect, but there is a difference between the automatic control that countries have over their ccTLD and the control they have through ICANN.