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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

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