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The Dark side of .io TLD

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Re: The Dark side of .io TLD

#21

"...its possiblities for domain hacks..." Ok I'll admit it, I'm a little lost. What do they mean by this?

Companies will get .io domains to appeal to developers as it looks like I/O (in/out).

Ok cool, I knew that part...phew. I thought they were referring to something fundamental to the way the TLD worked etc. that they were fiddling with.

Re: The Dark side of .io TLD

#22
post #10

The site pointing out the dark side of .io is ironically on .io TLD.

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These are not even remotely the same thing. There is no .io sponsored hitsquad that is going to murder you in an alley for dissent, literally nothing will happen from this.

Re: The Dark side of .io TLD

#23

"...its possiblities for domain hacks..." Ok I'll admit it, I'm a little lost. What do they mean by this?

Companies will get .io domains to appeal to developers as it looks like I/O (in/out).

Or for using it with words ended with "io" (like scenar.io, portfol.io and such)

Re: The Dark side of .io TLD

#25

The archipelago was first settled in the 19th century, only about 1500 people were displaced, yes the British government mistreated these people by not properly compensating them because the US and NATO needed a military base in the region. However there are urban restructuring projects every day in western countries that displace more people without proper compensation than this incident. And while i understand that…

No! you can't compare these two scenarios. When urban population is resettled, first, it's also really unfair and shouldn't happen. Second, they're not nearly as dependent on the land as the Chaigos islanders. Third the resettlement is most often to a similar environment.

Also, the argument about the late first population is silly. You wouldn't do this to any person. These are people, who's lifes have been ruined, and you can't do that to anybody. No matter if they are indigenous, 2nd generation immigrants, descendants of slave trade, or what ever. You don't do this to any people.

Re: The Dark side of .io TLD

#27
post #8

The archipelago was first settled in the 19th century, only about 1500 people were displaced, yes the British government mistreated these people by not properly compensating them because the US and NATO needed a military base in the region. However there are urban restructuring projects every day in western countries that displace more people without proper compensation than this incident. And while i understand that…

> However there are urban restructuring projects every day in western countries that displace more people without proper compensation Such as? Most western legal systems require compensation in such cases… at least in theory.

A possible example is the people living in ~500 houses in Camden (London). The houses are to be demolished to make way for a new railway, and they're not happy with the level of compensation offered.

Re: The Dark side of .io TLD

#28
post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

br.io, mercur.io etc.

I'll just buy the TLD ".rio", and have "b.rio" and "mercu.rio". I don't understand the big deal here.

For .rio, you need an address in Rio. Often, this is rather strongly enforced, see .ie and .cat for other examples.
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