[ggm]

Removing a top level domain (TLD) from the DNS when people still want to use it is a no-no. There's a vibrant, active community in .su, and I hope they continue.

It's mostly completely distinct from the political question "what does it mean" regarding 2 letter top level domains, and the ISO3166 list, and the status of entities in the ICANN process. (well.. maybe not the last bit: ICANN has enough fights on its hands without trying to reclaim some namespace territory)

[29athrowaway]

Most .io domains are not from the British Indian Ocean territory. Yet, many people like to use that TLD. And it's OK.

[smcl]

> And it's OK

I agree that the use of ccTLDs by people who are not from a given country is OK - like having a .it or .me or a .tv domain as an American or a Brit etc. However the specific case of .io is, to put it politely, rather complicated.

[ggm]

Sure. Tuvalu made good income from .tv, There's a vibrant market in ideas out there. It's just a bit odd that it existed as a grandfathered in thing, And then the grandfathering remained after the raison d'etre ended.

[0des]

Haha I love how most of the internet just agrees that tokelau is like the outcast TLD of the internet. I've seen filters alert just from accessing a .tk because of them being free and maybe still are. I think it used to be Dot.tk giving them away