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How many consecutive hyphens can you have in a domain name? (shkspr.mobi)
submitted 1 month ago by lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[-] Armand1@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean, there's nothing stopping you, but it's a bad idea. You can also call your website aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com. Good luck trying to type that out as an end user.

Still, I like that going to the website mentioned by the article, http://a-------------------------------------------------------------a.com/ , gives you a page trying to sell it to you in the most ironic way.

I'm guessing it's not intentionally silly.

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Good luck trying to type that out as an end user.

Most URLs these days are too long and complex to type. And there's always ^C^V.

[-] pelya@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The obvious choice is 8-------------------------------------------------------------D.com

Unfortunately D will become d in a browser URL field.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

It'd need to be equal signs too, not just hyphens or dashes. Girth is love, girth is life.

this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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