Networking
Post #8230 · source on Telegram
CEO Escalation Path: Tweet at the Registry
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A dark-mode X post shows Pavel Durov’s profile photo, the verified name “Pavel Durov” with blue check and Telegram badges, and the handle “@durov,” with a three-dot menu at upper right. The post reads, “Hey @domainME, t.me links stopped working. Can you look into it? 🙏” and its footer reads, “4:09 AM · Jul 14, 2026 · 94.6K Views.” The screenshot captures Telegram’s founder publicly escalating a global failure of the service’s short-link domain after the .ME registry placed `t.me` on `serverHold`, removing its DNS resolution. The humor is the startlingly informal incident-management interface for infrastructure used by roughly a billion users: an executive @-mention on a competing social platform.
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Nothing says mature incident response like discovering your DNS escalation policy is an @-mention.