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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Okay, some really bad news but also a suggestion for a way forward.

The Guppe groups domain name was sold by their registrar before they could renew it. This means all Guppe groups are broken, and their web addresses point to a spam blog 😞

However, there is another group provider called FediGroups, you can find out more on their site:

➡️ https://about.fedigroups.social/home

FediGroups has features that Guppe never had, including private groups.

(More info about #Guppe situation: https://github.com/immers-space/guppe/issues/118 )

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sunflower mage :dragon_mlem:🔞
@MxPoesu@mastodon.art replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@FediTips @Curator

I made a FediGroup for artists! Enjoy and feel free to boost! dragon_heart

@drawing

It's a shame, but FediGroups don't allow NSFW artworks dragon_melt

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Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

p.s. For those wondering how this can happen, the .pe domain which gup.pe used has a highly unusual clause which allows anyone to buy the domain 12 days before it expires:

"The .CH, .ES, .FR, .LI, .PE, .SG, .COM.SG, .COM.AU, .ORG.AU, .NET.AU TLDs must be renewed 12 days prior to the actual expiration date. If not renewed, the domain will enter the redemption stage right away regardless of the number of days left until expiration."

https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/9916/2207/tlds-grace-periods

(Thanks @anonax for info!)

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mkj
@mkj@social.mkj.earth replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

If you are a #MastoAdmin#FediAdmin, you may want to purge a.gup.pe from your server.

In Mastodon, go into admin > Moderation > Federation > Add new domain block. Create one for the domain name "gup.pe" (subdomains are included) with "suspend" severity. Once added, go into the details for the newly added block and you'll find the "Purge" button right at the bottom of the page.

⚠️ ⚠️ Once the domain is purged, the list of severed follows will no longer be available to local users. ⚠️ ⚠️

@FediTips

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Diary of Paracelsus’s Rose
@zoec@deadinsi.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@Curator ⬆️ how do you think about this? Is this something you want to do? (I’ve no firm idea)

@mkj

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@uc@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@FediTips

So automatic payment and renewal isn't a thing over there?

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Nelson
@skyfaller@jawns.club replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@FediTips We really need some alternative to renting domain names.

EDIT: I like the concept of petnames, but I'm sure there are other valid solutions: https://files.spritely.institute/papers/petnames.html

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Claudius
@claudius@darmstadt.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@skyfaller @FediTips I own a lot of domains. I have no clue how the described thing would happen in practice? On a .de domain, it auto renews and someone else can't simply swoop in like that and "take" it from you?!

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int*domi;*domi=0;
@domi@donotsta.re replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@claudius @skyfaller @FediTips it wouldn’t work. it’s a description of a made-up schema that proposes to deprecate DNS from a perspective of someone that interacts with domains only through a browser. I also don’t see how that would scale up to the same size as DNS did.

this whole thing reads like a fanfic to me. all “we’d like this”, no actual spec.

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