So it turns out .cat is only for Catalonia. I didn’t know this, just thought it was a neat hostname. So… they finally caught me not being Catalan, and they’re taking my domain away.
It’s sad. I’m not really sure what I plan to do, but in about a week, rss.ponder.cat will be no more. Sorry gamers. No promises but one possibility would be to set up a replacement instance, and just send everyone a DM with links to be able to get their subscriptions via the new instance instead.
People are going to complain at me about having to block the new bots, too. Hooray! Well, life goes on.
Are you able to offer a Catalan-language version parallel to the English-language? I believe that would make you compliant.
Maybe start with machine-translated and then see if someone who’s fluent can help out.
IDK… it’s a good idea, but at the same time, if I was Catalonia I probably wouldn’t want English speaking people using my domains just because it means a word in their language, even if they were also setting up a half-translated Catalan side also. I might work but I think it’s probably better just to move to a domain that’s intended for it.
https://domini.cat/en/rules-of-the-cat-domain/
It’s probably stretching the intent, but it seems to technically meet the requirement.