| ▲ | traceroute66 3 hours ago |
| > I always thought .co.uk What the hell are you talking about ? 1. The Nominet rules are crystal clear about which 2LDs are managed by Nominet[1] (co.uk, sch.uk, gov.uk etc. etc.). `co.uk` has been a Nominet managed 2LD since 1996 and it is not going anywhere. 2. FUN FACT ... Nominet introduced the ability to register directly under `.uk` much, much later, in 2014. Before 2014 your only option was to register under the auspices of a Nominet managed 2LD, e.g. `co.uk`. Ownership of a third-party 2LD is validated in 10 seconds via the usual WHOIS. I suspect you meant 'uk.co' and other such shenanigans. Please correct your post accordingly. [1]https://nominet.uk and https://www.nominet.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/UK-rules-o... |
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| ▲ | akersten an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| Ok, co.uk was perhaps a bad example, because it's owned by the same registry as the TLD, but perhaps there are other 2nd level TLDs where that is not the case. My point is both that it's hard to tell, and more broadly why would anyone want their domain to be tacked on to some 3rd level subscript anyway, when there's so many plain top level domains available. Surely most of us (present company excluded perhaps) do not feel so passionately about the reverence of `co.uk` I don't have some nefarious desire to scare people away from the TLD of their choosing. Really I'm bringing it up to be like "why would you even, like, want some 3rd rate domain instead of getting a .com" so I don't think there's anything to correct |
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| ▲ | digitalPhonix 21 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | > so passionately about the reverence of `co.uk` It's not reverence? I think that you're missing that it was a requirement. Basically every country (that followed ICANN's original rules) does this: .com.au, .co.nz, .co.jp, .com.mx, .co.ke (+ the org/net variants for each country) The US is the only country where registering .com was allowed by ICANN (and not .com.us or something). ICANN relaxed these rules in the 2010s I think, so now you can register 2LDs at most/all of those country TLDs. | |
| ▲ | drdexebtjl 41 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Sovereignty? If you live in the UK, choosing a registry in the UK is a pretty good idea even if they only offered 3rd levels. You’ll have someone to contact and possibly sue locally. Your domain will be subject to UK law and standards, not those of a foreign registry. | |
| ▲ | traceroute66 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | > My point is both that it's hard to tell, Its not hard to tell for things like ".uk" or other serious suffixes. It only (maybe) becomes hard(er) to tell for all the vanity ccTLDs that came along in the 2000s. But even then 10 seconds on WHOIS and Google should fix any doubt. > about the reverence of `co.uk` What are you on about ? Lots of other countries do it too. Japan is one example given already here, but there are dozens. It is very common practice for country tlds. |
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| ▲ | stronglikedan 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| geez, dude, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning... |
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| ▲ | traceroute66 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | > geez, dude, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning... 5 seconds on wikipedia or google would have stopped them spreading completely dangerous FUD about .co.uk. | | |
| ▲ | yreg 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | What's so dangerous about it? | | |
| ▲ | traceroute66 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | > What's so dangerous about it? Implying lack of trust in `co.uk` Implying `co.uk` may suffer the same fate at `.name` Complete FUD. | | |
| ▲ | gertrunde an hour ago | parent [-] | | You're absolutely right, when it's Nominet's actions that actually inspire a lack of trust in .co.uk, given they've been a bit of a hot mess since the early 2010's-ish. ;) (Edit: although I should add that I'm hopeful that things have improved there over the last few years). | | |
| ▲ | traceroute66 an hour ago | parent [-] | | > given they've been a bit of a hot mess since the early 2010's-ish No. Oversimplified summary: There was a period around 2010 when the management at the time wanted to follow a more commercial route with various unrelated "investments". Nominet members made it impeccably clear in a very loud manner to management that it would not be tolerated. Management insisted on a vote which they inevitably lost. Management departed. TL;DR Don't piss off Nominet members |
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| ▲ | dokyun 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [flagged] |
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