Why do so many Lemmy instances use weird TLDs? - eviltoast

I get that some instances use the domain + TLD to make a word, like lemm.ee or to an extent, sh.itjust.works. But I’ve seen so many TLDs I had no idea existed, like .world, .zone, .social, and yes .works as well.

Is there any real reason for that? Trying to look cool or kinda underground-y? Cheaper and more varied domain options? Something actually kinda functional?

Interestingly, I started on vlemmy.net because I was a scared Reddit refugee and the .net TLD gave me comfort. Then it vanished a few days later without a trace. So here I am on lemmy.world

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Using file extensions for your TLD should be a big no-no for a lot of reasons, that being one of them.

    That is what I said about .com.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah but nobody uses .com files anymore. Its a dead format. Any that still do are for specific users and rare instances.

    • TitanLaGrange@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      huh, Windows still distributes a handful of .com programs. Neat.

      I liked .com back in the day because it was easy to write assembly and dump it through the MSDOS ‘debug’ program to create an executable.

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        1 year ago

        At one point it time. Back in the early Windows days it was how applications were distributed. These days it’s all .exe files.