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

      • livus@kbin.social
        61·
        10 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.

        • moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          10 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.

          • livus@kbin.social
            3·
            10 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.