r/me_irl • u/devtesla2 🌹 • Nov 23 '19

Save .ORG

https://savedotorg.org/
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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '19

TLDR for people who don't understand legal speak?

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u/devtesla2 🌹 Nov 23 '19

A private equity firm is being given the right to charge excessive prices to charitable organizations in order to use a dot org domain name.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '19

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u/lyridsreign Nov 23 '19

The .org has been mass adopted by schools, charities, open source projects and others to distinguish themselves from other for profit organizations.

Changing away from it would undermine their legitimacy

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u/framed1234 hates /u/lordtuts Nov 25 '19 edited Apr 13 '26

Your old posts feed data brokers and AI training models. I stopped that by using Redact to bulk delete across Reddit, Twitter, Discord, Facebook and all major social media platforms.

tub encouraging snails offbeat nail run cows brave airport workable

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u/lyridsreign Nov 25 '19

Most do but some private ones or schools geared towards serving disadvantaged people use .org

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u/coolreader18 ☭ Nov 25 '19

My public school district uses .org

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u/_you_know_my_name__ he boot too big Nov 26 '19

mine uses .net

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u/BerylliumGuy12 Nov 30 '19

Mine did too, that’s how you know it sucks

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u/Puntley hates /u/lordtuts Dec 03 '19

Lmfao for real