I get that some instances use the domain + TLD to make a word, like lemm.ee or to an extent, sh.itjust.works. But I’ve seen so many TLDs I had no idea existed, like .world, .zone, .social, and yes .works as well.
Is there any real reason for that? Trying to look cool or kinda underground-y? Cheaper and more varied domain options? Something actually kinda functional?
Interestingly, I started on vlemmy.net because I was a scared Reddit refugee and the .net TLD gave me comfort. Then it vanished a few days later without a trace. So here I am on lemmy.world
You can buy .zip if you want to now… that still doesn’t sit right with me
I’m still waiting for .rar so I can buy unregistered.rar, which is the way it’s meant to be.
Similarly, I’ve never seen a .xyz that wasn’t used for altchans or sketchy porn sites
I’m on lemmy.zip, has been swell.
The whole zip malware hype never came to be. Try it out, your Outlook isn’t replacing xyz.zip with a link.
I guess you could manually create a link, but those have never been safe before either as the text can be different from the URL.
I think the complaint is it’s just needlessly confusing and ambiguous.
Like everyone would obviously have an issue with it if they introduced a TLD of .txt or .jpg so why is this acceptable?
Yeah, that domain screams scam emails to me.
here, mr boomer target, click this file
it’s a link that redirects to something else
I was surprised it took almost an entire day before appleinvoice. zip got snatched up🤣 I wonder how much appleinvoice or microsoft agreement is worth to some scammer.
Probably not as much as something more generic like “invoices”, “emails”, “communications”
Edit: I didn’t mean to make it a link lol… I actually have the domain blocked until I need a use for it.
