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# Important site update (and the Matrix)
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2023-03-15
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I'm going to keep this one short and to the point. As some of you may know,
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my domain is going to expire. It is going to expire on the 31st of March
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2023, which is not far from today and that's what I'm going to talk about.
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For those of you that don't know, my website uses a "free" TLD (top level
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domain). This seemed like a good option last year, but as I want to
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continue this stuff, it presents a problem. Freenom is the company that
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provides the .gq TLD, along with a few more domains such as .tk. Freenom
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has shown themselves to be problematic, and they have done things like
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taking away domains from people after the websites have become too
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popular. Renewing their domains is also difficult and annoying, and even
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then doesn't work all the time for all people.
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Because of this, I decided to write this blog post, and to make sure my
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readers have a place to keep up with me if my website does collapse, I've
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created a Matrix channel which I recommend you join. You can join it
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[here](https://matrix.speedie.site). You can start with Element, it's all
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free software unlike the previous Discord server. I don't plan on making
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this a big thing like Forwarder Factory was, and in fact I don't want that
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either. This is simply going to be a small place for me to talk to my
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readers, discuss the website and other things like that.
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Either way, my domain expires March 31st if I'm unable to renew it. If I
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manage to renew it, you can continue using the site like normal for an
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additional year. Otherwise, I'm simply going to purchase a new domain. I do not
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yet have another domain, which is why I recommend you join the Matrix channel.
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That's really all I wanted to say, as the writer here I think it is important
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that you are informed about everything. My website code is all available for
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free on Codeberg so you can still have that if you want.
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Thanks for reading, have a good day!
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