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Re:Announcing .self: A New Top-Level Domain Designed to Supp... by HumanCCF on Monday June 29, 2026 @11:28PM (#48728201)
The fee will fall on us to pay and the gTLD application window is open and our application is in progress. Yes we are crowdfunding (there is a donation link on our website and in the pamphlet) while also actively seeking partners to sponsor us.
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Re:Announcing .self: A New Top-Level Domain Designed to Supp... by miki123211 on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @01:42AM (#48728885)
If anybody is asking you "are you trying to crowdfund" and your answer is "yes,", you've clearly failed at conversion, marketing and UX design.

90+% of people who would be willing to sponsor this stuff will go "hmm, I wonder where they've taken their money from, not us I guess." Not everybody reads comments, even fewer post ones of their own.

Being on the front of HN is a great opportunity, I'm afraid you haven't used yours as well as you possibly could.

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Re:Announcing .self: A New Top-Level Domain Designed to Supp... by navigate8310 on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @02:27AM (#48729163)
It's usually the clever cunts that try to deceive the investor by deploying an arsenal of marketing tactics. At least the organization in this case, is clear upfront.
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