@cassidyclown @RustyCrab @binkle @waifu @zero Widespread HTTPS made it largely obsolete. The automated infrastructure from like 2013 still works sometimes but it the mailing lists, IRC and :blobvomiting: d*scord servers all see less activity than a crypto project post -rugpull. There are entire domains like chan, cyb, and o that the registration infrastructure is dead. Some others like oz work until the domain expires but give up after that.
You could theoretically just make your own TLD but unless you convince enough people to add your records to their DNS servers it will remain extremely niche