- Goronmon ( @Goronmon@kbin.social ) 37•1 year ago
Stands for Marxism–Leninism.
- teoria ( @theory@sopuli.xyz ) 16•1 year ago
Yikes
- bdonvr ( @bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.com ) 15•1 year ago
It makes a lot more sense when you consider the history of it all, but the admins have made this a general purpose instance it really has little to do with it anymore.
- jmcs ( @jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de ) 6•1 year ago
Little to do except for the part where admins just banned a bunch of people for criticizing the Chinese government.
Ah, that makes sense. Thank you.
- Ahri Boy ( @zakiuem@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 year ago
There’s one more instance for them, Lemmygrad. Only join if you truly support ML ideology, otherwise just stay in your instance.
- nickajeglin ( @nickajeglin@lemmy.one ) 5•1 year ago
Cool.
- Lvxferre ( @lvxferre@lemmy.ml ) English14•1 year ago
Because the main instance is a drop in the ocean that the lemmyverse should be, so it makes sense to call it a “millilitre” (ml). [inb4 I’m making shit up.]
- ziriuz84 ( @ziriuz84@feddit.it ) English4•1 year ago
Legit
- Knighthawk 0811 ( @knighthawk0811@lemmy.one ) English9•1 year ago
it’s the “main Lemmy”
- EdibleSource ( @EdibleSource@lemmy.ml ) English6•1 year ago
I believe it is because .ml domains are free to register. The founders have discussed this before.
- itchy_lizard ( @itchy_lizard@lemmy.ml ) English3•1 year ago
wut.
- Krusty ( @Krusty@feddit.it ) English6•1 year ago
Motorhead Lemmy
- Da_Boom ( @Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi ) English5•1 year ago
There could be many reasons
- ml could be an acronym for something
- it could be a result of a trend for non profit social networks to use
.ml
- ml is a less used domain. so it could be a cost saving measure as
.ml
is a completly free, low barrier to entry top level domain. (TLD) - the Malinian government gives away the domains for free, with restrictions. and you can essentially remove most restrictions by paying a small fee, so its a very low to no cost solution. - quite often -
.net
,.org
,.com
all have restrictions over who can buy a domain, and what for. As they are more “premium” top level domains.
I know here in Australia if you want to get a
.com.au
address you have to have an Australian business number or be registered as a not-for profit in australia (same for.org.au
and.net.au
, with variations on the restrictions) . I know that.org
also has similar restrictions - you essentially have to prove you’re an organization in your respective country.