this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
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Well, this is just weird. When I was migrating from Reddit to this fediverse world I chose .ml and thought it was short for "machine learning" which seemed as a cool domain for me at the time.
FYI, two letter TLDs are country/region/jurisdiction specific. There's an ISO standard for that.
.tv
Tuvalu.me
Montenegro.fm
(Federation of) MicronesiaSome countries append additional modifiers to classify their uses:
.uk
United Kingdom.co.uk
CompanyThree 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.
Thanks for the clarification. If this instance goes down please someone start an ''lemmy.ai'' instance. I want to follow the same logic that I went with since the beginning.