• bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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    23 days ago

    The ml in lemmy ml means marxism-leninism

    It means Mali and was chosen because it was cheap/free

    • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      23 days ago

      You’re both right!

      It is Mali’s domain, and Marxist-Leninists choose that domain to work out of because of the initialism.

      Kinda like why BIOT’s domain is so popular with the tech folks.

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldOP
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      23 days ago

      chosen because it was cheap

      Um nah, there are a LOT of cheap ass TLDs, hell even .com TLDs are only $10-20 a YEAR

      It might not actually mean marxism-leninism (then again, who the hell knows, we have .zip TLDs now ffs), but it sure does to the .ml admins