HACKER Q&A
📣 kseistrup

Has Lobste.rs Expired?


I just noticed that Firefox says “Server Not Found” when I tried to visit https://lobste.rs/

WHOIS says:

    Domain name: lobste.rs
    Domain status: Expired https://www.rnids.rs/en/domain-name-status-codes#Expired
    Registration date: 13.12.2011 10:00:16
    Modification date: 12.11.2022 10:42:54
    Expiration date: 13.12.2023 10:00:16
    Confirmed: 13.12.2011 10:00:16
    Registrar: CRI DOMAINS
Does anyone have more details?

  👤 Kye Accepted Answer ✓
pushcx has 30 days to resolve it, and I found out about this by someone notifying him on Mastodon, so it'll probably be fixed soon. I also pinged him on Bluesky where he's posted more recently, just in case.

edit: he's on it

edit: https://lobste.rs/s/plhit5/lobste_rs_domain_renewal_outage

👤 skilled
Yes, it can be registered but requires a Serbian person to do as all registrations require an "ID Number". If you're from Serbia and you have $100 on you (only $30 if you're registering locally as far as I can tell) then register the domain and let the owner have it back because otherwise it will get jacked by some SEO scumbag and turned into a content farm, guaranteed.

CRI Domains itself says it can't be registered, but every other registrar I checked will let you proceed to checkout.