Whenever I come across a new lemmy instance, it most likely has some sort of obscure TLD (.world, .ml, .ee, .me, .social just to name a few). Why aren’t there more with more common TLDs?

  • Zarxrax@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    A ton of new tlds became available a few years ago. A lot of newer sites use them, not just Lemmy servers. Older sites that have already been established for a while will obviously be using the standard endings, so if you compare lemmy sites vs well-known sites that have been around for a while, then that’s the reason.

    • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
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      1 year ago

      It was a big point of contention when they first proposed the tld expansion because established brands didn’t want someone squatting on their name in and alternate tld and doing who knows what with it.

      A lot of the fedi sites I think use them just for the creative play on words people come up with. Even the most common tlds are not that expensive unless it’s something with history already, on the level of less than $30/year usually.