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.self: A new top-level domain designed to support self-hosting

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Re: .self: A new top-level domain designed to support self-hosting

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Post by sarreph »

481 upvotes on HN, and only $136 USD donated (out of $64k target) -- at the time of writing.

Given the amount of traffic this project has received by being at the top of the front page for half a day, one has to wonder if a different approach to soliciting donations would have yielded them more money.

Clearly, everyone here is at least interested in the idea of a .self domain, and I wager that most (even the naysayers) of the commenters would register theirs.

Imagine if instead of asking for a $15–125 donation behind a CTA, they asked for $2 to "pre-register" your domain (with higher tiers for more benefits). I have a feeling they would have raised a lot more money...

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Post by bowersbros »

Cpoll wrote: post #172
mort96 wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A friend almost failed an IT class because his website didn't render at all in IE6. This was during the time of IE9. The teacher just hadn't updated their browser in a long time. I don't get how you get to be an IT teacher without knowing the most basic troubleshooting steps to get assignments to run.

I had a similar class where they threatened to fail us if we didn't use Dreamweaver and instead wrote our own html.

I had a teacher who told us to make a website using Powerpoint..

Turns out you save save as HTML and any links you put between slides become anchor tags.

Pretty neat, but hurt my soul to have all my classmates do that

Re: .self: A new top-level domain designed to support self-hosting

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Post by Galanwe »

HumanCCF wrote: post #68
greyface- wrote: post #57

https://hccf.onmy.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/dot-self.... > Everyone entitled to a subdomain at no cost How are you going to pay for the (substantial) cost of running a TLD without registration fee revenue? Is this a loss leader for other services? Are you operating on a 100% donation model? > No parking, squatting, or reselling How do you plan to tell the difference between a parked/squatted domain and one in…

> How are you going to pay for the (substantial) cost of running a TLD without registration fee revenue? Is this a loss leader for other services? Are you operating on a 100% donation model? We plan on operating the domain as a public good and are actively seeking sponsors to help fund us. Think of it as a similar model to ISRG and LetsEncrypt. > No parking, squatting, or reselling Our rule of one person per subdomai…

> We may have to implement some type of heartbeat where the owner of said domain has to respond within a certain amount of time.

A domain squatter is in an easier position to automate that than an amateur to not forget to respond.

Re: .self: A new top-level domain designed to support self-hosting

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Post by exceptione »

mort96 wrote: post #279
JimDabell wrote: post #271

Earlier quoted context omitted.

During the time of Internet Explorer 9, it was surprisingly common for people to still be using Internet Explorer 6. This was often out of their control, for instance if they had intranet sites that required Internet Explorer 6, or if they were stuck on an old version of Windows because they had outdated hardware. Later versions of Internet Explorer had compatibility mode, but it often wasn’t enough to get things wor…

I will, however, assume that an IT teacher has the ability to recognise, "this isn't working because I'm using an ancient browser". If the teacher is completely unable to use a less ancient browser, the requirement for the project to work on IE6 should be clearly stated, which it was not. However in this case, my friend just helped the IT teacher install Google Chrome on his computer and showed that the site rendered…

I think your friend might have used portableapps.com, they offer many types of browsers . These programs are packaged to install under a restricted account, without requiring admin rights.

Re: .self: A new top-level domain designed to support self-hosting

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Post by severak_cz »

nilslindemann wrote: post #207

States could grant such domains when individuals register their identity, for example, "klaus-mueller- .self". It runs on a VPS, and it is well documented how to create and run a website on that. School kids are introduced to it. Would be an excellent entry point into digital sovereignty for citizens.

Except that Klaus Mueller is definitely not unique name. Human names are not that unique.

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Post by sneak »

dcow wrote: post #204
gerdesj wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

.io is (British) Indian Ocean (Territory).

I always thought these TLDs were a flight risk to be used in any serious capacity. What if the random state decides you/your business are in violation of [whatever] and kick you off?

My latest domain (five chars!) that I am actually using recently went down because my registrar is (was?) in Gaza.

The registry thankfully was able to sort it out and I was able to get it back and registered with a regisrar not currently being actively genocided.

I felt like a real dick, emailing people in Gaza in 2026 how to renew my domain.

Re: .self: A new top-level domain designed to support self-hosting

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Post by onel »

I actually think this is a really good concept. There is no perfect solution for what they're trying to do, but I think they have most of the things covered.

Offering one free per person is nice, it can be tricky to enforce but I think doable. Regarding privacy, even right now ICANN rules require a real name and address for the domain.

This project comes at the right time when because I see a lot of interest growing towards self-hosting.

I am biased though, I've been working on on OS for self-hosting , fully open source, Debian based, no restrictions https://github.com/malmoos/malmo

Re: .self: A new top-level domain designed to support self-hosting

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Post by sneak »

laszlokorte wrote: post #66
9dev wrote: post #9

Shotgun on your.self! That’s going to yield a ton of great second level sub domains :)

write.it.your.self think.4.your.self written.by.my.self all CNAME -> claude.ai

SNI and the Host: header ruin your joke here.
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