I get that some instances use the domain + TLD to make a word, like lemm.ee or to an extent, sh.itjust.works. But I’ve seen so many TLDs I had no idea existed, like .world, .zone, .social, and yes .works as well.

Is there any real reason for that? Trying to look cool or kinda underground-y? Cheaper and more varied domain options? Something actually kinda functional?

Interestingly, I started on vlemmy.net because I was a scared Reddit refugee and the .net TLD gave me comfort. Then it vanished a few days later without a trace. So here I am on lemmy.world

  • nocturne
    15•10 months ago

    Using file extensions for your TLD should be a big no-no for a lot of reasons, that being one of them.

    That is what I said about .com.

    • BarrierWithAshes
      6•10 months ago

      Yeah but nobody uses .com files anymore. Its a dead format. Any that still do are for specific users and rare instances.

      • nocturne
        1•10 months ago

        But they were still in wide use when the world wide web was born.

    • @TitanLaGrange@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5•10 months ago

      huh, Windows still distributes a handful of .com programs. Neat.

      I liked .com back in the day because it was easy to write assembly and dump it through the MSDOS ‘debug’ program to create an executable.

      • BarrierWithAshes
        3•10 months ago

        At one point it time. Back in the early Windows days it was how applications were distributed. These days it’s all .exe files.