this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2024
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The admin stated they won't be renewing the domain because .af is now controlled by the Taliban.

Link to post: https://queer.af/@postmaster/111733741786950083

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[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 103 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Quite an emotive title for "domain name not renewed"

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 15 points 2 years ago

-"Killed! Killed I'd say!"

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 8 points 2 years ago

I got scared for a second, yeah

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

True, though.

But is there seriously no support for changing the domain? Why? Would it require retiring references on posts or something to do with federation?

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

as they said in the post: "Because fediverse software does not support domain migrations".

(by "fediverse software" they actually mean the ActivityPub protocol.)

[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe, just maybe, we shouldn't be picking domains based on stuff like "hehe it says queer as fuck lul"? What did they expect to happen picking Afghanistan of all places for the domain of an LGBT instance?

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

funny as shit

[–] Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I am even surprised that the Taliban let someone buy the queer.af domain.

But it's also a cool feature of the federation, an instance is closed by an authoritarian government, tons of others are still there, and migration is easy, so you don't loose you whole network. Still an annoyance for the user, but not as much an annoyance as when a centralized social media closes.

[–] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

They bought it before the Taliban got the .af domain.

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

they could become queer 'for real' unless macron gets a tumor

[–] dlpkl@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That's kinda funny