alt Hacker NewsRemember when the .tk TLD became free 20 years ago ? Every hobbyist took one, then scammers followed, then Facebook and antiviruses started blocking it.
I remember publishing a website for a class on my .tk domain, the teacher couldn't open it and I almost got a failing grade because of it.
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What a memory you have unlocked. They were everywhere. I remember the urban legend that .tk domains were X% of their GDP
At least https://tcl.tk redirects => https://www.tcl-lang.org/
Core memory unlocked
Not enough allowance to fund a .com domain, had to use freenom / tk + cloudflare for my first years of self hosting
I remember that. The one thing I would add is I think the usage was much more general purpose. "Free stuff" sites were a big deal and huge source of traffic and .tk was widely shared on those. You could have a banner with ads and have the domain for free.
RIP .tk. Those were the days.
Wow this brought back a flood of memories. I'll never forget spinning up lycos and geocity sites with .tk domains
those were the days!!
I still have a .tk domain, paid since 2008, because it was the only one with my surname available.
Haven’t had much issues but surely if could go back and i’d pick a different tld.
tk and cc, the domains i used to use for php reverse shell haha, bring back memories!
A friend almost failed an IT class because his website didn't render at all in IE6. This was during the time of IE9. The teacher just hadn't updated their browser in a long time.
I don't get how you get to be an IT teacher without knowing the most basic troubleshooting steps to get assignments to run.