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

    • livus
      5•6 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•6 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•6 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.