Super exciting. I was stressed out on behalf of the folks with .name.
I wish that domain names weren't run exclusively by central organizations and that people who own them made the decisions about them. That would probably help limit spam and prevent unnecessary breakage. Unfortunately the resources necessary to make a new TLD with the current system tends to centralize that power into the companies that can afford it.
It'd be interesting to set up a TLD that's organized like Codeberg, where anyone who has a domain with that TLD could become a voting member. The registration fee (which could be higher than average) would be the "dues" for the organization.
It'd be interesting to set up a TLD that's organized like Codeberg, where anyone who has a domain with that TLD could become a voting member. The registration fee (which could be higher than average) would be the "dues" for the organization.
Hi @liberty would you kindly share more about this? I'm familiar enough with domain names and TLDs, but am not familiar with how Codeberg handles things. I'm just curious :-)
Codeberg allows people who uses the website to become a member of the legal organization behind it and vote to influence its direction. That way users aren't subject to the whims of a single person or small group. Codeberg has some documentation and related links for more information.
It'd be interesting to set up a TLD that's organized like Codeberg, where anyone who has a domain with that TLD could become a voting member. The registration fee (which could be higher than average) would be the "dues" for the organization.
That would be cool, but I'm not sure what you'd do as a member. Compared to a code forge, a TLD doesn't do a whole lot besides exchange money for domains. The dues would go towards paying the ICANN fee, then maybe employing one person to do TLD administrivia, then... what? Turn the surplus into rebates? Vote on your favorite charity?
tuxes | 4 hours ago
Context: https://lobste.rs/s/6tsncg/name_termination
lilac | 4 hours ago
happy to hear this!
liberty | 2 hours ago
Super exciting. I was stressed out on behalf of the folks with .name.
I wish that domain names weren't run exclusively by central organizations and that people who own them made the decisions about them. That would probably help limit spam and prevent unnecessary breakage. Unfortunately the resources necessary to make a new TLD with the current system tends to centralize that power into the companies that can afford it.
It'd be interesting to set up a TLD that's organized like Codeberg, where anyone who has a domain with that TLD could become a voting member. The registration fee (which could be higher than average) would be the "dues" for the organization.
mxuribe | an hour ago
Hi @liberty would you kindly share more about this? I'm familiar enough with domain names and TLDs, but am not familiar with how Codeberg handles things. I'm just curious :-)
liberty | an hour ago
Codeberg allows people who uses the website to become a member of the legal organization behind it and vote to influence its direction. That way users aren't subject to the whims of a single person or small group. Codeberg has some documentation and related links for more information.
jaculabilis | 31 minutes ago
That would be cool, but I'm not sure what you'd do as a member. Compared to a code forge, a TLD doesn't do a whole lot besides exchange money for domains. The dues would go towards paying the ICANN fee, then maybe employing one person to do TLD administrivia, then... what? Turn the surplus into rebates? Vote on your favorite charity?
ejri | an hour ago
If anyone else is interested, I was able to register a domain at 007names.com