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aaronpk / webmention.io

Easily enable webmentions on any web site
https://webmention.io/
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.io will be discontinued #216

Open Jak2k opened 1 week ago

Jak2k commented 1 week ago

The .io TLD will probably be disabled in 3-5 years. Webmention.io must therefore move to another TLD.

snarfed commented 1 week ago

It's possible, but it's nowhere near certain. .su is precedent for a ccTLD outliving its country, among other non-country two-letter TLDs.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3552692/is-the-io-top-level-domain-headed-for-extinction.html has comment from an IANA/ICANN rep, it's very non-committal:

...there are multiple potential outcomes depending on the nature of the change...[one] may involve ensuring there is an operational nexus with Mauritius to meet certain policy requirements. Should .io no longer be retained as a coding...it could trigger a five-year retirement process...