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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by andersrs on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:30PM (#38104668)
Conspiracy theory here: if you go to a big player like GoDaddy they'll sell their queries and some party will see the domain you want and squat it unless you register right away. Just use the whois command in your terminal.
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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by asylteltine on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:35PM (#38104758)
They claim they don’t but you know they ABSOLUTELY DO
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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by dsgnr on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:43PM (#38104881)
Networksolutions does this, godaddy doesnt.
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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by joshxyz on Thursday November 02, 2023 @01:00AM (#38109192)
so does namecheap.
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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by squigz on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @06:34PM (#38106313)
This is the only conspiracy theory I subscribe to as well, and will never be convinced otherwise.
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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by andersrs on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:06PM (#38118485)
Are you the one person that believes Epstein killed himself?
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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by phyzome on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @07:35PM (#38106924)
I remember some claim that whois servers were doing this.
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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by janalsncm on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @11:32PM (#38108666)
Unlike most conspiracy “theories” which are unfalsifiable, this should be pretty easy to prove or disprove. Just search for some random plausibly appealing domains and check to see if they’re registered 24-72 hours later.

It’s not a particularly difficult or clever test to run, so I’m definitely not the first person to come up with it. It’s the kind of thing that’s big news if true but a non-story if false. The fact that no one has found it to be true suggests to me that it’s not happening.

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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by blovescoffee on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:06AM (#38109934)
Fwiw I literally did this and within a few days the domain was registered before I could
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