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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Significance of .ml TLD?

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Significance of .ml TLD?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

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Why do so many Lemmy servers use the .ml top-level domain? Is there a meaning to it?

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It’s the Malinese top-level domain from what I can tell. As to why it is favored, I can think of two reasons:

Domain registration is free

It mimicks the OG lemmy.ml domain

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