Tell HN: Some tech companies use .so domains, despite no connection to Somalia
4•theanonymousone•1h ago
Hi. In Wikipedia it says .so domains are restricted to "Limited to institutions and organizations in Somalia, residents of Somalia, others who have a legitimate, clear and provable connection to Somalia".
So, do companies such as readme.so or Notion.so have some provable connection to Somalia, or they simply don't care?
Thanks
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A_D_E_P_T•1h ago
Over the past couple years, .so has been pitched by Namecheap as a generic short TLD.
Try this: Search Namecheap for a random domain name. Scroll down a bit to see their list of suggestions. .so is always on the list, next to .cc and similar TLDs.
".so" is perhaps a little bit more clever-seeming. "Readme.so" implies "so... what?"
Anyway, the "country-based" TLD system is busted. People register whatever they want. Similarly, it used to be that you could only register a .org if you were a nonprofit or NGO, but those days have long since passed...
Besides, this is sanctioned by the Somali government. It gets them paid. Anguilla makes a ton of money from the .ai TLD.
A_D_E_P_T•1h ago
Try this: Search Namecheap for a random domain name. Scroll down a bit to see their list of suggestions. .so is always on the list, next to .cc and similar TLDs.
".so" is perhaps a little bit more clever-seeming. "Readme.so" implies "so... what?"
Anyway, the "country-based" TLD system is busted. People register whatever they want. Similarly, it used to be that you could only register a .org if you were a nonprofit or NGO, but those days have long since passed...
Besides, this is sanctioned by the Somali government. It gets them paid. Anguilla makes a ton of money from the .ai TLD.