Comment on [META] Never change, lemmy.ml

• livus@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

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  • moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

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    • livus@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

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      • moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Understood, thank you for your response.

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• 0x4E4F@infosec.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  well, .com was already taken so 🤷.

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