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The TLD owner in this case was Radix, which also owns

.store .online .tech .site .fun .pw .host .press .space .uno .website

https://radix.website/

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They seem to be almost always associated with scam sites.

So, might as well to block entire TLDs and never buy a domain under those TLDs

These alternative domains are quite popular with the fediverse and other hobbyist-run groups. Affordable domains with somewhat recognisable names still available.

Scam websites will use any TLD in my experience. Based on the ones that made it to my Google search results, .it and .info are the TLDs I should be blocking. When I search for "free roblox cash", most websites are .com. "Free robux" also brings forth a few .ca websites. "Free steam gift card" leads to .org and .com.

> Affordable domains with somewhat recognisable names still available.

Aren't they only affordable for the first year though?

I don’t know about most of them, but I’ve used .pw for many years for most of my domains as pw is really cheap even on renewal.

$2 per month isn't cheap for a domain per se, but compared to .ht or .ao or .ly it's still cheap.

TLDs like .stream, .click, .top, and .link are cheap in general, even compared to .com

My all time favorite Fediverse domain is jorts.horse. That’s the most delightfully random thing.

this looks exactly like every mastodon instance I ever saw.

The only .fun site I know is neal.fun, which regularly features on the front page here: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=neal.fun

I can also name https://beamng.tech/

funnily enough, good.store which sounds like a made up example of a scam is actually a nonprofit ran by john green and his brother hank green

Because they are very cheap. If you are a scammer, why pay $5 for a domain when you can buy one of these for $1.

I use them when I need a random domain.

> Because they are very cheap.

When I first bought an .online, it was not cheap

That's just because they're relatively inexpensive

Only .info is missing for the bingo :)

add .xyz to that list

Despite blocking 66 TLDs and all IDN ccTLDs on my home dns I didn’t have these blocked. Guess I’ll consider it. Once you have the hagezi rpz files including threat information feed though you really have blocked most silliness.

Which other ones do you block?

I'll append the current list below. My primary issue is protecting my son. His educational difficulties present a problem when it comes to determining when a link is good or bad. It is easier to cast a very wide net and whitelist good sites. There are other reasons for some of the TLDs but I can't go into that here.

  ad ads adult af alibaba alipay analytics anquan asia baidu
  bar bcn bible blockbuster by cf cfd cg chintai christmas
  citic click cloud cn coop country creditunion cyou data
  dish diy dm dot dtv dvr et feedback food forum fun gift
  hiphop hiv hk hkt host icbc il in iq ir kfh kp ky latino
  lb lifestyle link living locker lol love ly ml mm mo
  mobile moscow mov music my nhk ni nz observer ollo online
  ott ph phone pid porn press property pw quest realty
  redstone ren rest ru sbs sex sexy shouji site sling
  so sohu space st store su sy tech to top trust ua unicom
  uno vana ve wang website xihuan xxx yandex ye yun zip

Why do you block so many country TLDs? New Zealand is an especially weird block...

Certain file hosting services located there. I agree that one is a wide net.

Well, dang. I've used a .tech as my personal domain and email for some years now, and didn't know this was owned by an obnoxious registry.

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