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Um. This seems bad. https://t.co/4ywyskIc8x
— Andy Baio (@waxpancake) November 13, 2019
Yet another once public chunk of the internet is sold off to an commercial investment fund.
— Demonic Network (@NetworkDemonic) November 13, 2019
And ICANN has given .org the authority to raise rates on all the non-commercials that are locked into .org domain names.https://t.co/3araHoRwah
WTF? .org TLD sold from a non-for-profit to a private investor? why on earth? did ICANN/ISOC need funds that badly? Why not look for community-based solution? I guess the internet will not be like it was before @ICANN @internetsociety https://t.co/vzgue1gUca
— LaForge (@LaF0rge) November 14, 2019
Those fearing price bumps for .org domains have valid points to worry.
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) November 18, 2019
If the people behind this sale were clever enough to come up with this machination, they'll be clever enough to incrementally bump the price over a few years, rather than spike it to $500 overnight
ICA asks ICANN to block .Org private equity deal in damning letter https://t.co/jKWEjZJEEJ
— Aranjedeath (@Aranjedeath) November 18, 2019
Whoa! First #ICANN lifted the price cap for .org domains and now they plan to sell it to a company that smells “insider business” a lot. https://t.co/iei60zJv8K pic.twitter.com/KmWVcJs6hm
— Jan ?? Wildeboer and 7833 others (@jwildeboer) November 17, 2019
"the Internet Society and Public Interest Registry (PIR) announced that ... Ethos Capital will acquire PIR and all of its assets from the Internet Society"
— Wolfie Christl (@WolfieChristl) November 18, 2019
Private equity company acquires .ORG registry: https://t.co/hE8qZluoZV
the nonprofit that runs the .org domain extension was just acquired by a private equity firm months after a controversial price cap was lifted on the domain https://t.co/bHgMXHkPpT
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) November 15, 2019
end of an era https://t.co/c3D29DjrrM
— Kevin Raposo (@Kevin_Raposo) November 18, 2019
How will @ICANN’s latest decision and the recent PIR sale negatively impact non-profits, charities and all .ORG customers? Read what @NameCheapCEO told @Mashable https://t.co/gSXME06Mgj
— Namecheap.com (@Namecheap) November 17, 2019
A private equity firm has acquired the .org domain registry months after ICANN lifted the long-standing price cap on it https://t.co/36PwD0PYT2
— FutureShift (@futureshift) November 15, 2019
Well, this doesn't seem good... Seems to me that when fairness and equity get chipped away by the desire to make a buck, society as a whole suffers. https://t.co/YMqsyY1VcW
— It's TAY-tro (@DrTLovesBooks) November 17, 2019
What's the big deal about #decentralized #ENS #domains?
— MyEtherWallet | MEW (@myetherwallet) November 15, 2019
You are the only one who has control and no centralized entity can buy it, block it, or take it away.
And with short @ensdomains names now available on MEW, there's no better time to get your own!https://t.co/lpPKJq9YC9
The org that doles out .org websites just sold itself to a for-profit company https://t.co/kf5fjJzauV via @Verge
— Aryeh Goretsky (@goretsky) November 16, 2019
The org that doles out .org websites just sold itself to a for-profit company //
— Gary Thomas (@9swords) November 14, 2019
That seems at odds with what .org represents. https://t.co/auBNuVSQqH
If you ever wanted an avatar for the financialization of society, here it is: the .org registry, home to most non-profits and charities, sold itself to a private equity company. You can't make this stuff up. https://t.co/aoX9vPRqAF
— Jon Shell (@jonrshell) November 15, 2019
This is malpractice. People should be fired. https://t.co/5Q3J7Riy6z
— Jason Scott (@textfiles) November 14, 2019
Just found out in this session that .org has been sold to a for-profit, so librarians, update your lessons accordingly. Dismaying. #msla @aasl #aasl19 https://t.co/2DRnmOtJQ1
— Maya Bery (@msliberyan) November 15, 2019
The org that doles out .org websites just sold itself to a for-profit company https://t.co/5aXpjo7Ayb pic.twitter.com/zRYGl7RS0T
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) November 16, 2019
The org that doles out .org websites just sold itself to a for-profit company https://t.co/vUgdOXuxCq pic.twitter.com/i5Z9ynfCqe
— The Verge (@verge) November 14, 2019
A private equity firm now owns all the .org domains https://t.co/u3ggQKb2DM
— Shaq Kalaka (@PrivacyAttorney) November 15, 2019
Breaking: Private Equity company acquires .Org registry - Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News https://t.co/5u0VCUz6LB pic.twitter.com/75ft8ln40g
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) November 18, 2019
Not an Onion headline: “Breaking: Private Equity company acquires .Org registry” https://t.co/JXqTtjvwOB
— Jeff Pooley (@jeffersonpooley) November 18, 2019
Internet Society sells the .org registry Public Interest Registry (PIR) to private equity firm Ethos Capitalhttps://t.co/2xYapIv6MM pic.twitter.com/5okXUly2gZ
— Elena Neira (@elenaneira) November 15, 2019
Breaking: Private Equity company acquires .Org registry - Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News https://t.co/Srj0WB9Kt9
— Quentin '?' ADAM (@waxzce) November 15, 2019
— Dave Anderson (@dave_universetf) November 15, 2019
The .org TLD is no longer run by a nonprofit, but instead a private equity firm.
— Agaric (@agaric) November 15, 2019
More thoughts from us soon on what that might mean for nonprofits and the fight for a free and open internet that serves the public good.https://t.co/2dqNKfjRfO#nptech #movementtech
The sale of PIR to private equity by @internetsociety looks a lot like a combination of financial success and moral bankruptcy.
— n҉i҉e҉l҉s҉✊???♠️ (@nielstenoever) November 14, 2019
Especially in combination with the recent removal of pricecaps for .org domains.https://t.co/6Tabu4EHS8
.org Registrar has been sold, just after ICANN removed the domain price cap. Now is a great time to switch the internet to decentralized DNS+PKI, no need to wait until these private companies increase prices for your favorite domains. https://t.co/ddWhL5IR2L @ensdomains
— Dominic Letz (@DominicLetz) November 15, 2019
1. ICANN removes price caps on .org domains. 2. Financial operator (aka "private equity") buys .org from Internet Society. 3. Biz-tech journalism should do some serious digging into this. https://t.co/Su63B0U9wx
— Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) November 14, 2019
A Private Equity firm has acquired the .Org registry https://t.co/zlaX9XVQ8c via @DomainNameWire
— Raju Narisetti (@raju) November 13, 2019
Waking up to find out your TLD has been sold off by a bunch of corrupt executives... https://t.co/OmjNgtBZ5p
— Doom Wiki (@doomwiki) November 14, 2019
The ".org" domain suffix was designed for nonprofit organizations.
— Nash Across the 8th Dimension (@Nash076) November 15, 2019
Now the whole thing has been purchased by private equity, because of course it was. https://t.co/0KSyB6LqGy
'A double whammy for those who use .org domains: ICANN removed price restrictions on .org domain names, and then the registry in control was promptly sold to a private equity group, Ethos Capital.' https://t.co/fGZvNTF8xR #domainnames
— Matthew Rimmer (@DrRimmer) November 16, 2019
Oh, so this is why I'm seeing people talking about renewing their .org domains for as many years as possible. https://t.co/hdmOadsoc6
— Josh Simmons (@joshsimmons) November 19, 2019