Not a TLD such as .io, but In terms of Internet domain diasappearances, there is the legend that is fuckedgoogle.com, an anonymous economist's massive click-fraud expose of Google's business model and practices. The true reason for it's disappearance is made of legends and conspiriacies. See What Happened to fuckedgoogle.com for a tasty intro to the aftermath.
There is also the double barrelled but still active oz.au domain hierarchy - so good they named it twice! Back in the early Australian Internet days we admin'ed pegasus.oz.au for one of if not the first major national internet access networks in Australia.
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vortex@fed.dyne.org · 3 pts · 1y
Not a TLD such as .io, but In terms of Internet domain diasappearances, there is the legend that is fuckedgoogle.com, an anonymous economist's massive click-fraud expose of Google's business model and practices. The true reason for it's disappearance is made of legends and conspiriacies. See What Happened to fuckedgoogle.com for a tasty intro to the aftermath.
setto@fed.dyne.org · 2 pts · 1y
wow! thanks for sharing! had never heard of this legend!
vortex@fed.dyne.org · 3 pts · 1y
There is also the double barrelled but still active oz.au domain hierarchy - so good they named it twice! Back in the early Australian Internet days we admin'ed pegasus.oz.au for one of if not the first major national internet access networks in Australia.
vortex@fed.dyne.org · 2 pts · 1y
Then there is Tuvalu's TLD .tv that generates around 8% of the country's total government revenue. Due to rising sea levels, the pacific atoll nation may not exist much longer.
setto@fed.dyne.org · 1 pts · 1y
uff... that thought hurt a bit extra
vortex@fed.dyne.org · 2 pts · 1y
There's also the story of the moribund .gb TLD for Great Britain .