For context: The thread was about why people hate Hexbear and Lemmygrad instances

  • livus
    6•8 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.

    • moosetwinEnglish
      2•8 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.

      Edit: As @livus@kbin.social mentioned, this is mostly apocryphal.

      • livus
        3•8 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.