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Why does Lemmy have a Malian domain?
Why does Lemmy have a Malian domain?
Just wondering why lemmy is on a .ml domain. (Which is Mali) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ml
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Stands for Marxism–Leninism.
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Ah, that makes sense. Thank you.
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There's one more instance for them, Lemmygrad. Only join if you truly support ML ideology, otherwise just stay in your instance.
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Cool.
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Because the main instance is a drop in the ocean that the lemmyverse should be, so it makes sense to call it a "millilitre" (ml). [inb4 I'm making shit up.]
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Legit
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it's the "main Lemmy"
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I believe it is because .ml domains are free to register. The founders have discussed this before.
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wut.
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Motorhead Lemmy
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There could be many reasons
- ml could be an acronym for something
- it could be a result of a trend for non profit social networks to use
.ml - ml is a less used domain. so it could be a cost saving measure as
.mlis a completly free, low barrier to entry top level domain. (TLD) - the Malinian government gives away the domains for free, with restrictions. and you can essentially remove most restrictions by paying a small fee, so its a very low to no cost solution. - quite often -
.net,.org,.comall have restrictions over who can buy a domain, and what for. As they are more "premium" top level domains.
I know here in Australia if you want to get a
.com.auaddress you have to have an Australian business number or be registered as a not-for profit in australia (same for.org.auand.net.au, with variations on the restrictions) . I know that.orgalso has similar restrictions - you essentially have to prove you're an organization in your respective country.
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