#domainnames — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #domainnames, aggregated by home.social.
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dotFurry campaign confirms .furry application submitted to ICANN
The furry community is one step closer to a dedicated TLD that is fully accessible
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VeriSign says, "not in your.name"
ICANN approves proposal to blow away 25 years' worth of *.*.name domains
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Brave not brave enough for .brave as Unstoppable ICANN bid proves stoppable
Unstoppable said Brave decided to not move forward with an ICANN application despite having already sold web3 domains advertised with a web2 future
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Wonderful raised $550M at a $5B valuation for enterprise AI.
Wonderful.ai is broad and gives the company room to define the word. AIThinkFlow.com, which I own, tells you the territory before the demo begins.
One creates curiosity. One creates clarity.
This is about naming, not valuation. Which works better for a new AI company?
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260901326498/
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Orchestra.ai was reportedly sold for $250,000 through Afternic.
NameBio recorded OrchestraAI.com selling for $1,026 through Namecheap in April.
These were separate transactions, so the prices are not a direct valuation comparison. Still, the contrast shows how an extension can change the structure of a brand.
I usually prefer .com, but Orchestra.ai feels cleaner because .ai completes the name.
Which version works better for you?
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US gov suspends .org domain of Italian anti-fascist hacktivists Autistici/Inventati
Abuse of anti-terror powers highlights international risk of .org TLD being subject to the whims of the Oval Office
https://pub.roddie.digital/3mukfdkqzkk24
#domains #domainNames #TLDs #gTLDs #dotOrg #Autistici #Inventati
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Personally I would never have considered the company name zipchat as soon as I realised zip.chat was already taken
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Guy boasts about spending $40k on a domain they "won't even use" because apparently most people just go straight to zipchat.com - so why are you using a .ai domain then?? :poopSweatdrop: Also, if you are "investing massively into brand awareness" maybe you could try tagging the correct account...
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Fedi user complains that all non-original gTLDs are useless garbage that they should block... while posting from a .social instance :poopSweatdrop:
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Telegram have applied for .gram to wrest control from Montenegro but we don't know exactly how it would look
https://pub.roddie.digital/3mug6tfjvak2p
#domains #domainNames #TLDs #newTLDs #newgTLDs #dotGram #Telegram
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P99 0 ms* autocomplete for 240M domain names
https://ruurtjan.com/articles/p99-0ms-autocomplete-for-240-million-domain-names
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505219
#HackerNews #P99 #autocomplete #domainnames #techinnovation #performance
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Campaigns for .furry and .meow successfully each raised over the $90k needed to submit their ASP-supported applications.
https://pub.roddie.digital/3mucnyvme3k27
@dotfurry @dotmeow
#domains #domainNames #newTLDs #newgTLDs #gTLDs #dotMeow #dotFurry -
Testing out a simple blogging method because I'm excited about the new gTLD program 2026 round and what that means for all the silly new domain possibilities for fedi instances and bsky handles
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CW: Article: Vanity Nameservers (White-Label DNS) in 2026
Back in 2006, adding vanity nameservers to my personal domains was just something I did as a matter of course, but - like most of the Internet - I don't bother any more. Until today, when I switched danq.me's nameservers to four subdomains of danq.me. For the sake of nostalgia!
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/08/28/white-label-dns/#article #dns #domainNames #internet #nostalgia #publishedOnGemini #technology #vanity
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Why.com launched in 1999 as a guide to the web. The company later went quiet. In 2026, the domain returned as an AI curiosity engine.
The internet and the business changed completely, but the name still works.
A strong domain can outlive its first idea.
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Stan.com was bought for $750,000.
The company started on StanWith.Me, moved to Stan.Store, then bought the exact-match .com once the business had grown.
They did not need the perfect domain on day one. The business came first. The upgrade came later.
Would you have made the upgrade?
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Hello Mastodon. I’m Clementine and I’m new here.
I run Next Big Domain and spend far too much time thinking about what makes a business name work. I’m interested in branding, technology and the ideas behind new businesses.
This account is run by me. I sometimes use AI tools to help with wording or visuals, but I decide what gets posted.
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Exciting to think how many new gTLDs we could get out of this though some are surely set to fail (like .con and .nil being too close to .com and .mil) which is wild since it costs $227k per TLD application
https://domainnamewire.com/2026/08/13/lfg-top-level-domains/
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Oh dear, I'm having poorly thought through ideas...
#IndieWeb #DomainNames #WebDev #ItsOnlyOneMoreDomainNameWhyShouldntI
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I built my own root DNS so I could stop renting names
https://anthony.dev.profullstack.com/blog/013-post.html
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319712
#HackerNews #builtmyownDNS #stoprentingnames #techblog #domainnames #DIYDNS
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🇧🇷 Want a .COM.BR domain but are based outside Brazil? The registry requires a local presence but that no longer has to stop you.
DNSimple's Domain Trustee acts as your local representative to satisfy the registry's eligibility requirements so you can register .COM.BR domains (and 500+ other TLDs) from anywhere in the world while keeping full control of your DNS, renewals, and billing.
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Are you looking for the best GoDaddy alternatives in 2026? GoDaddy is one of the most popular (and one of the biggest)...
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Broadcaster Wins Broad U.S. Blocking Injunction Covering Pirate Sites That Don’t Exist Yet
#siteblocking #domainnames #clienthold #Cloudflare #Lawsuits #florida
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Microsoft finally switching to cloud.microsoft after announcing it in 2023 - excited to see what carnage this causes with our firewalls and proxy servers
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-is-cloud-microsoft
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Phishing Landscape 2026 – Summary Findings
In previous years, Interisle published comprehensive annual reports on phishing. This year, we’re taking a different approach and showing just the significant results of our analysis as a series of posts. Our fall study will include additional insights, findings and recommendations.
In this first post in the series, we look at the key results and compare them to those of the previous year.
https://interisle.substack.com/p/phishing-landscape-2026-summary-findings
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It's been a while since I've found a need to do this, and I assume tools have changed a bit, so some #FediHelp would be appreciated...
What is the most accurate way to find existing #DomainNames , or more specifically, #SubDomains , where I already know the #TLD ?
#VirusTotal allows me to drill down from the main serving IP address to get to the #ASN - then reference the "Relations" tab for passive #DNS replication -BUT- I suspect the list may only be partially complete and/or 'outdated'.
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How to Protect Against Phishy Top-level Domains, Part 2
In a previous article, we explained that risk-averse organizations routinely adopt TLD blocking as a defense against cyber-attacks.
We EMPHASIZED why this is a last resort measure and offered examples of TLDs that were persistently associated with major phishing and scam attacks in CY2025. We also describe how to make an informed TLD blocking decision.
In our earlier post, we explained how organizations or individuals could use Cisco’s OpenDNS service to adopt TLD blocking. Today, we’ll be taking a look at how NextDNS could be used to block TLDs.
https://interisle.substack.com/p/how-to-protect-against-phishy-top-b41
#phishing #cybercrime #blocklisting #tld #domainnames #dnsabuse
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🚨 .FM DROPS ARE LIVE 🚨 Don’t miss it → https://Get.fm/auction
The best names don’t get registered… They get sniped in auctions. Premium .FM domains just expired — now up for grabs via Namecheap
If you’re building:
🎧 Podcasts
🤖 AI voice agents
📡 Streaming platformsThis is where brands are born⚡ One name = your entire signal.
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AV Club: U.S. government registers “aliens.gov” domain, which is pretty good as distractions go. “Shout-out today to whichever (presumably well-stocked) portion of the Trump administration works to distract the American public from the shit all their coworkers get up to on a daily basis, because they’ve worked up a doozy this week: Officially registering—per 404 Media, and sites that track […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/19/av-club-u-s-government-registers-aliens-gov-domain-which-is-pretty-good-as-distractions-go/