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Queer.af mastodon domain has been seized by the Taliban
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this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2024
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Sucks, but makes sense.
I'm surprised they even attempted to use that domain. The instance still exists and will need to be routed through a new domain. Which, again sucks, because any reference links will be broken now... which... again... has me wondering why they even went with that domain in the first place. Albeit, it was a clever use of a top level. I wonder how many others are doing the same.
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I suspect they skipped checking who controls that domain at the time and just saw that it would make for a good name. Not good practice but I can see how that happened.
The only shame here is that there is no way for an instance to "prove" it is the successor to a defunct domain.
https://kbin.social/m/random/p/4648694/To-the-people-who-are-like-What-did-you-expect