▲ 1964 ▼ Happy 10 million! According to FediDB, we have hit 10 million users across the Fediverse! (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 208 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://fedidb.org/
[–] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (13 children) Why .social? Why not .us? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 13 child comments replies: [–] garretble@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (7 children) Just as an example, really. A lot of Masto servers I’ve seen have use the .social extension. I feel like it does lend itself to letting people know what to expect when seeing a handle that ends with .social. It’s maybe an easy connection to make that that’s some sort of social media entity. They certainly don’t have to use that type of url, but I think it’d be cool and it makes sense for what it is. I’ve thought that news stations should do the same, too. Like an @news@cnn.social would be cool and have built in verification simply because they could lock down its users to only approved people so you’d know that @wolf@cnn.social is definitely Wolf Blitzer. No need for checkmarks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] uis@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (3 children) I have no idea who Wolf Blitzer is, but for example there are social.network.europa.eu, social.bund.de and social.kernel.org. So US can use social.gov.us permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] garretble@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh yeah. Making a subdomain like that also works. And maybe is even easier for existing domains. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago And you don't even pay for subdomains permalink fedilink source parent [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago They really went for a double subdomain and network.europa.eu is not even a thing. Also it's insufficiently Latin. curia.europa.eu and consilium.europa.eu is proper, europarl.europa.eu already makes much less sense it should be senatus.europa.eu. permalink fedilink source parent [–] neutron 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's how registrars start cranking up the renewal price for .social domains. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago #strongerICANN ICANN's renewal fee is $0.18 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago poontang.gov.social permalink fedilink source parent [–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (4 children) .us is sketchy AF. They should use something.gov. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] uis@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) .gov domain should be either abolished or allowed for use by any governments. Of course US is sketchy AF. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] liv@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That would be confusing. I want to be able to tell govt.nz apart from the US one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] psud@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* I think their preference is to have US government under .gov.us permalink fedilink source parent [–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago .gov is allowed for use by any governments that invented the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] garretble@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (7 children) Just as an example, really. A lot of Masto servers I’ve seen have use the .social extension. I feel like it does lend itself to letting people know what to expect when seeing a handle that ends with .social. It’s maybe an easy connection to make that that’s some sort of social media entity. They certainly don’t have to use that type of url, but I think it’d be cool and it makes sense for what it is. I’ve thought that news stations should do the same, too. Like an @news@cnn.social would be cool and have built in verification simply because they could lock down its users to only approved people so you’d know that @wolf@cnn.social is definitely Wolf Blitzer. No need for checkmarks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] uis@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (3 children) I have no idea who Wolf Blitzer is, but for example there are social.network.europa.eu, social.bund.de and social.kernel.org. So US can use social.gov.us permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] garretble@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh yeah. Making a subdomain like that also works. And maybe is even easier for existing domains. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago And you don't even pay for subdomains permalink fedilink source parent [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago They really went for a double subdomain and network.europa.eu is not even a thing. Also it's insufficiently Latin. curia.europa.eu and consilium.europa.eu is proper, europarl.europa.eu already makes much less sense it should be senatus.europa.eu. permalink fedilink source parent [–] neutron 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's how registrars start cranking up the renewal price for .social domains. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago #strongerICANN ICANN's renewal fee is $0.18 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago poontang.gov.social permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uis@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (3 children) I have no idea who Wolf Blitzer is, but for example there are social.network.europa.eu, social.bund.de and social.kernel.org. So US can use social.gov.us permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] garretble@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh yeah. Making a subdomain like that also works. And maybe is even easier for existing domains. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago And you don't even pay for subdomains permalink fedilink source parent [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago They really went for a double subdomain and network.europa.eu is not even a thing. Also it's insufficiently Latin. curia.europa.eu and consilium.europa.eu is proper, europarl.europa.eu already makes much less sense it should be senatus.europa.eu. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] garretble@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh yeah. Making a subdomain like that also works. And maybe is even easier for existing domains. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago And you don't even pay for subdomains permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago And you don't even pay for subdomains permalink fedilink source parent
[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago They really went for a double subdomain and network.europa.eu is not even a thing. Also it's insufficiently Latin. curia.europa.eu and consilium.europa.eu is proper, europarl.europa.eu already makes much less sense it should be senatus.europa.eu. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neutron 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's how registrars start cranking up the renewal price for .social domains. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago #strongerICANN ICANN's renewal fee is $0.18 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago #strongerICANN ICANN's renewal fee is $0.18 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (4 children) .us is sketchy AF. They should use something.gov. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] uis@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) .gov domain should be either abolished or allowed for use by any governments. Of course US is sketchy AF. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] liv@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That would be confusing. I want to be able to tell govt.nz apart from the US one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] psud@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* I think their preference is to have US government under .gov.us permalink fedilink source parent [–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago .gov is allowed for use by any governments that invented the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uis@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) .gov domain should be either abolished or allowed for use by any governments. Of course US is sketchy AF. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] liv@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That would be confusing. I want to be able to tell govt.nz apart from the US one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] psud@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* I think their preference is to have US government under .gov.us permalink fedilink source parent [–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago .gov is allowed for use by any governments that invented the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] liv@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That would be confusing. I want to be able to tell govt.nz apart from the US one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] psud@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* I think their preference is to have US government under .gov.us permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* I think their preference is to have US government under .gov.us permalink fedilink source parent
[–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago .gov is allowed for use by any governments that invented the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
