[loktarogar]

I only seem to see .xyz in the crypto space (and alphabet inc). Generally it's a crypto scam pushed at me in a twitter/x ad. What are some other players on the .xyz tld?

[Levitating]

I've used .xyz because the domains go for a few cents per year. And then I moved away from them because it felt so unprofessional.

[sdsd]

i've seen lots of devs using it for their personal blogs, i guess because it's cheap. personally, im excited to buy an .lol tonight!

[account42]

.lol is overpriced and worse, can arbitrarily increase the price in the future. Using anything other than an ICANN-controld gTLD (com,net,org,etc.) or a ccTLD (be very careful about ones from countries other than your own) is a fool.

[sdsd]

the domain i was looking at is $1.80/yr so im not upset at the price, and its just for silly personal stuff so if they increase price i could just switch to something else.

good to know about the risks of price hikes though!

[whatyesaid]

First registration is $2 but any renewal is $20 after. A lot of first year domains use different pricing and they are charged differently I think by the TLD holders, so it's not just stupid marketing by like GoDaddy who hopes you don't transfer to another registrar after them taking a loss the first year and huge hike after

A lot of super cheap ones have expensive renewals.

[cqqxo4zV46cp]

“A fool” is beyond dramatic.

[xigoi]

One of the lecturers at my faculty has his academic website on an .xyz domain.

[owl57]

Does he speak any Slavic languages? I know a Russian lecturer who does that in part because he considers it funny to use a TLD that looks similar to the obscene word "хуй".

[notpushkin]

That's a bit weird of an association. I'm Russian and хуй doesn't usually come to my mind when I see xyz.

[xigoi]

> Does he speak any Slavic languages?

Well yes, but not one that uses the Cyrillic alphabet or has this word.