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Will this also affect lemmy.ml? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (18 children)

FYI, two letter TLDs are country/region/jurisdiction specific. There's an ISO standard for that.

.tv Tuvalu
.me Montenegro
.fm (Federation of) Micronesia

Some countries append additional modifiers to classify their uses:

.uk United Kingdom
.co.uk Company
...

Three or more are generic (traditional or new)

.com, .net, .org, ...

In some cases, Uncle Sam said "first!" and it stuck.

.edu Education (MURICA)
.mil Military (MURRICA)
.gov Government (MURRRICA)

Just like what happens with Mali, what some silicon valley hipsters decide as a 'fun' acronym is just that, a fun thought. If the corresponding government decides to take away a specific domain, they probably can.

[–] Blaze 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What about .world?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a generic top-level domain. It is not associated with any country. It belongs to "Identity Digital Inc.".

[–] Blaze 6 points 1 year ago

Interesting, thanks

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