Wait that’s really what it stands for? I keep seeing some commotion over it every so often but I thought it was just an abbreviation of a country or something.
Comment on Is it just me or do Lemmy communities tend to skew left wing? Why might this be?
djsoren19@yiffit.net 3 months ago
This almost feels like bait, your instance is Lemmy.ml. The ml stands for Marxist-Leninist, your home instance is literally the home for far-left ideology. You’ll still see a leftist bant for the reasons commenters have mentioned, but the single biggest reason is that your instance is owned and operated by them.
Kiosade@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Its the top level domain of mali, but the devs picked it because it can also mean marxist-leninist.
Sort of like how twitch uses .tv, even though it isnt situated in tuvalu
bamfic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
it stands for what now? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ml
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Yeah, there are some serious whackos on there. It’s a very vocal part of the population. I highly recommend folks try other instances if they aren’t hard-left.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
It’s the second largest instance, plus it’s the original instance. I can see why one or both of those facts might draw someone. Maybe they thought it was hosted in Mali!
imaqtpie@lemmy.myserv.one 3 months ago
Lemm.ee is actually bigger in terms of userbase now. And SJW about the same size. But .ml still hosts a lot more communities so I guess that also counts for something