Mali Government takes back .ml domain, brings down one of largest Lemmy servers

Re:Mali Government takes back .ml domain, brings down one of... by sebmellen on Friday July 21, 2023 @03:02PM (#36818018)

I think this remains the biggest long-term risk with using bit.ly links. I have seen so much hard copy media with bit.ly links, especially technical books, that I shudder to think of how many dead links there will be if Lybia takes it offline.

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Re:Mali Government takes back .ml domain, brings down one of... by DANmode on Friday July 21, 2023 @10:32PM (#36822609)

They will almost certainly not be dead, in the event of...uh...an event...like were discussing.

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Re:Mali Government takes back .ml domain, brings down one of... by DANmode on Friday July 21, 2023 @10:32PM (#36822612)

we're*

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Re:Mali Government takes back .ml domain, brings down one of... by ehPReth on Saturday July 22, 2023 @02:53AM (#36823970)

there’s 301works.org at least

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Re:Mali Government takes back .ml domain, brings down one of... by starttoaster on Saturday July 22, 2023 @10:23PM (#36832008)

The biggest long term risk with bit.ly links is that you have no clue what website you’re visiting when you click on one, period. You’re either taking the time to put it through a link unshortener, or you just blindly click a link some person you don’t know posted on their totally legit web blog.

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