Did I get punished for saying something wrong? Did it get an update?

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[+] [S] -9 points 3 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Anyone can register a domain anywhere as long as the country allows it. Lemmy is not from Mali in this case.

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  • [–] [S] -4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    But since they're not from Mali, what is the ML supposed to mean?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Nothing, it's just usually cheaper than a .com address

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  • [–] [S] -5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    But it bothers me that it has no meaning. It must stand for something.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    From my understanding, a pair of letters either stands for something or represents a country. Since Lemmy is not based in Mali, then ML must stand for something.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    ML in lemmy.ml stands for Marxist Leninist, I am not joking. The creators and developers of lemmy.ml are pretty left leaning.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    I am not joking.

    You might not be joking but you are assuming. Do you have a link to a statement by a site admin that says explicitly that is what it stands for? Otherwise you're just speculating, and there are other reasons someone would have chosen .ml besides it standing for that.

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