Am I Crazy or is the Mali Government Reclaiming the ml Domain Now is too Convenient of a Time?

lemmy.fmhy.ml is down because of this, and lemmy.ml (which is one of the largest lemmy instance) might be next.

Is this a conspiracy?

  • Betty White In HD@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Am I crazy but is using a domain typically used by any government a really stupid idea in the first place?

    I get that it was free or cheap, but come on, nobody saw this coming?

      • Flax@feddit.uk
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        1 year ago

        My instance is .uk, many places use .gg or .io, ironically all of those are British

      • redcalcium@c.calciumlabs.com
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        1 year ago

        It has happened before with the .ly domains about a year before the US invasion of Libya. Tech companies were scrambling to find a solution back then. Presumably they struck a backroom deal with the Syrian government.