The .ml suffix isn’t helping
Comment on [META] Never change, lemmy.ml
pleasemakesense@lemmy.world 7 months agocommunism has somehow become synonymous with marxism-leninism, it’s very sad
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 7 months ago
livus@kbin.social 7 months ago
.ml = Mali.
I know it was the haunt of scammers when it was a free domain, but the government of Mali have reassigned management now so hopefully it will be less problematic as time goes on.
moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
afaih, one of the reasons that lemmy.ml chose their domain suffix actually was for this reason, though I am unsure how much weight it had on their decision.
livus@kbin.social 7 months ago
@moosetwin I know that's the rumour but I suspect they were picking out of a very small pool of free domains and the free part had a lot more to do with it.
Saying the Mali suffix "means" Marxist Leninism is a bit like saying your .com stands for Capitalism Only Mate. I mean sure it does but only in your own mind, not irl.
0x4E4F@infosec.pub 7 months ago
well, .com was already taken so 🤷.
PugJesus@kbin.social 7 months ago
"Marxism" 😀
"-Leninism" 😬