How many TLDs are currently owned by Stack Overflow?

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I want to know, how many top-level domains (TLDs) are currently owned by Stack Overflow?

As I know there is only stackoverflow.com. Are there any other TLDs owned by Stack Overflow?

The technical answer is none, since stackoverflow.com is not a TLD (.com is). — Tim Stone, Jan 17, 2013 at 18:40
Oded, see Confusion with domain names such as Superuser.SE, SU.SE and Sharepoint.SE — Emil Vikström, Jan 17, 2013 at 21:07
@PopularDemand In Italian, that would be a short for left, in the same way dx is a short for right. ;) — apaderno, Jan 17, 2013 at 21:52
Related: Can we have a list of all the Stack Exchange domains somewhere, for firewall purposes? — V2Blast, Jun 8, 2022 at 18:17

Tim Stone · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-17 19:04:10Z

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stackoverflow.com is owned by Stack Exchange, not by "stackoverflow".

It also owns:

And probably some more.

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answered Jan 17, 2013 at 18:39

Oded

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Note: Stack Exchange, Inc. now does business under the name Stack Overflow.
– V2Blast
Jun 8, 2022 at 16:34
I've edited a list of Stack Overflow domains in a different answer to include stackoverflow.co. Any objections to my editing it into this answer? It's used for the data request URL (policies.stackoverflow.co/data-request)
– AJM
Feb 26 at 14:29

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OldPadawan · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-02 11:47:09Z

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Stack Exchange don't own any TLDs.

stackoverflow.com is a domain. It's not a TLD; a TLD is a Top-Level Domain, such as .com and .uk

Of the Stack Exchange domains, there is at least these:

OldPadawan

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answered Jan 17, 2013 at 18:41

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How has the domain s.tk been registered? I thought the minimum length of a domain name (minus TLD) was two characters. Also, a whois search for s.tk returns me "Invalid output"
– caiosm1005
Jan 17, 2013 at 19:10
@caiosm1005 - That's up to each TLD's manager. x.com is valid, for instance, but no new one-letter .coms are being created.
– Bobson
Jan 17, 2013 at 19:21
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Surely Oded doesn't need the reputation, but this still bothers me. Why repeating an earlier answer?
– Arjan
Jan 17, 2013 at 19:23
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@Arjan I guess the aim here on meta, as elsewhere on StackExchange, is to create a single, best, definitive answer, which can then be accepted; and that can mean merging bits from other answers too. I think I've understood that right, but please correct me if I'm wrong
– 410 gone
Jan 17, 2013 at 19:34
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Sure, that's the aim. But there are things like attribution. You saw my answer and thought to use it - fine. Could have added something about that fact.
– Oded
Jan 17, 2013 at 20:50
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Like @Oded, I disagree here, but even think attribution was not good enough here. Changing a useless answer (your first revision was useless, I feel) into a good answer by copying someone else's answer (which also was older) smells VERY bad to me. You should just have deleted your answer, I feel.
– Arjan
Jan 17, 2013 at 21:07

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