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Amazon Opens Registration For .BOT Domain Name (amazonregistry.com)

Posted by msmash on from the up-next dept.

Amazon began accepting registration requests for .BOT domain name from the public this week as the e-commerce giant comes to realize the potential of the top level domain name it secured rights for two years ago. For now, Amazon is keeping the registration for .BOT domains limited. "Creators with published bots who use Amazon Lex, Microsoft Bot Framework and Dialogflow can validate a bot and register a .BOT domain name," the company said, noting that the limited registration phase would end on March 30, 2018. At the time of registration, Amazon requires users to sign into their Amazon account and validate their published bot.

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  1. limited? damnm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I want sex.bot

    1. Re:limited? damnm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      It's already taken. You can see on get.bot

  2. R2D2 by Zorro · · Score: 2

    Dot BOT.

    1. Re:R2D2 by zlives · · Score: 1

      mrro.bot

  3. Amazon in control? by 110010001000 · · Score: 1, Troll

    I didn't know Amazon was in control of who can register domain names on any domain. When did this happen?

    1. Re:Amazon in control? by Tukz · · Score: 1

      It happened when they bought the TLD.

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    2. Re:Amazon in control? by dubner · · Score: 1

      I, for one, welcome our new bot overlords.

  4. I want dot sjw by newdsfornerds · · Score: 1

    opressed.sjw

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    Damping absorbs vibrations. Dampening is caused by moisture.
  5. Perfect! by fishscene · · Score: 2

    I can the entire *.bot domain and won't have to worry as much about spyware and the ability of bots to use spyware.

    1. Re: Perfect! by SteveSgt · · Score: 1

      Yup. I was thinking the same thing. I'm glad I run my own DNS.

    2. Re:Perfect! by arth1 · · Score: 1

      I'm sure Amazon recommends that those go under the subdomain .bot.net and not under .bot

      At any rate, filtering on domain names is often useful. My e-mail server rates anything containing non-traditional domain names in headers or body as 50% likely to be spam. Because quite frankly, the amount of non-spam from .date, .stream, .bid, .faith, .top, .loan and .club is extremely low. I don't think adding .bot to the list will create many false positives; I can already predict the usage.

  6. is there a quick guide how to set-up a bot? by NTesla · · Score: 1

    is there a quick guide how to set-up a bot in AWS? This seems to be a requirement.

  7. The 'future' of the Internet: by Rick+Schumann · · Score: 1

    Troll-bots trolling troll-bots. Click-bots clicking ads made by ad-bots, and 'social media' posts made by shill-bots. Chat-bots chatting with other chat-bots, and not a single human being in sight. Server farms full of servers running bots who only interact with other bots, none of them even remotely aware they're just other bots. Everyone will wonder why nobody is actually making any money or making any sales, and they'll claim it's all because of piracy, meanwhile the bots just keep interacting with other bots. Decades go by and most people have forgotten there was a thing called the Internet, because it because 99% SPAM and bots and all the humans got bored and went off to do something else.

    1. Re:The 'future' of the Internet: by BrookHarty · · Score: 2

      Depends on what bots you use for what platforms, discord right now has an explosion with bots for adding services to discord. There's SMS bots so you can pull information from systems, etc. You use the system to fill a need or replace a current bot. The google digiaflow didn't have twitch or discord on there, but there are tons of sdk choices for almost every language it appears, so should be able to create one easily enough.

  8. machines fail by Neuronwelder · · Score: 1

    A day will come when a major machine or machines, malfunctions and holds up the assembly line. The person or persons who repair them will at the same time encounter something that impedes them from being able to fix them. Then, and only then, will they appreciate the over lookers of each machine.

  9. In SovietRussia.bot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    404 message returns YOU!

  10. Bender Bot is the best! by JudgeFurious · · Score: 1

    "Shut up baby I know it!"

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    Appended to the end of comments you post. 120 chars.
  11. $1500 to register a domain..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Nice Amazon....way to keep the small people down.

  12. /bot by originalGMC · · Score: 1

    slash.bot

    we could raise money to buy slash.bot..... https://igg.me/at/buyslashbot

  13. I want.... by cstacy · · Score: 1
    BOT.NET.BOT

    Because BOT.NET was already taken!