Unless you get a response from the site admins, anyone’s answer is pure speculation. No one is going to be able to say, definitively, why .ml was chosen, except the site admins.
My theory is: .ml domains used to be offered for free. So they made lemmy.ml for free, as it was just a toy project. Then, they upgraded to the paid .ml domain (which is how they managed to avoid the recent free .ml purge).
The “its Marxism-Leninism” could be true, but unless you get an answer from a site admin, everyone asserting that it’s true is talking out of their ass. They don’t know any more than you or I know.
Is that what the ML means? I thought that it meant Machine Learning.
All two letter domains are for countries.
Even .tv which is Tuvalu
But what does the ML in this instance mean?
Mali. The country of Mali.
Lemmy is from Mali?
Anyone can register a domain anywhere as long as the country allows it. Lemmy is not from Mali in this case.
But since they’re not from Mali, what is the ML supposed to mean?
Nothing, it’s just usually cheaper than a .com address
But it bothers me that it has no meaning. It must stand for something.
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Does it mean Machine Learning? Mr. Lemmy? Ms. Lemmy? Mega Lemmy? McCartney Lennon?
I thought it was for motherland lol with the amount of tankies
If that’s the case, I figured it was “Marxist-Leninist”, which is what most of them prefer to describe themselves as.
And .com means communist.
Reminds me of the person who said that lemmy was communist because the groups were called communities
@blamethepeacock See? It does stand for something, since it clearly isn’t Mali.
Why would Lemmy feel the need to represent a foreign country?
@blamethepeacock No response?
@blamethepeacock All I’m looking for is a conversation.
You’re not just looking for conversation.
Unless you get a response from the site admins, anyone’s answer is pure speculation. No one is going to be able to say, definitively, why .ml was chosen, except the site admins.
My theory is:
.mldomains used to be offered for free. So they madelemmy.mlfor free, as it was just a toy project. Then, they upgraded to the paid.mldomain (which is how they managed to avoid the recent free.mlpurge).The “its Marxism-Leninism” could be true, but unless you get an answer from a site admin, everyone asserting that it’s true is talking out of their ass. They don’t know any more than you or I know.
Thank you. I appreciate your friendly input.
Tankies? Is that a reference?