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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 83 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Why are so many instances using .ml anyway?

[–] Ginjutsu@lemmy.world 147 points 2 years ago (21 children)

AFAIK, lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml use it because the ml can also stand for "Marxist-Leninist", and the two primary maintainers of Lemmy are Marxist-Leninists . Not sure about the others though.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 62 points 2 years ago (5 children)

It can also definitely stand for Machine Learning which is the first thing that comes to my mind

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 45 points 2 years ago

Yes but lemmy has nothing to do with Machine Learning.

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's not true at all. ML was used as an idiological choice as it's the only free TLD you can get and you should not have to pay for a domain name as per Lemmy's creators ideology.

[–] sciawp@lemm.ee 36 points 2 years ago

That’s not true. There are a few other free TLDs. I think five total?

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

lemmy.ml, what type of drug are you on

[–] couragethebravedog@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do you have a source for that statement?

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[–] sciawp@lemm.ee 51 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I think it's because ML is a popular shorthand for 'Marxist-Leninist' since they mostly seem to be communist servers

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[–] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 2 years ago
[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm guessing because it's sort of an alliteration on lemmy?

[–] CompadredeOgum@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 2 years ago

It was free

And

Lemmy creators are Marxist Leninists

[–] Blamemeta@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Theyre tankies, thats why.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So they can support Russia by proxy.

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Lol so one could say they fucked around and have now found out (yes I realize that was a sarcastic answer)

[–] diggit@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was free, and anonymous I guess

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's not anonymous. In fact because it's free it requires more data to prevent someone from acquiring all of the domain names.