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		deadbunny on Dec 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Running your own email is increasingly an artisana... As someone who de-googled about 5 years ago by buying a nice three letter .io address this hits right in the feels. I could go through the process again (not fun) with some ridiculously long .com/.net or other OG tld which are probably somewhat more resistant to rent seeking practices like this or I just suck it up and hope it remains pricey but not egregious.

kaetemi on Dec 24, 2021 [–]

Are there any truly "community-owned" TLDs for the tech community? Would such a thing be possible and/or useful?

noizejoy on Dec 24, 2021 | [–]

For Canadians, .ca seems a generally well behaved and managed TLD under community control.

EDIT: .ca is not particularly tech community related, but that doesn’t matter to me.

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