Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoWhy do so many European instances use the name Feddit?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down10
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareWhy do so many European instances use the name Feddit?Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squaresour@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down1·edit-219 days agoReally disappointed that italy doesn’t have fedd.it Especially since fedd.it redirects to feddit.it. Wow, now I’m actually disappointed.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoIt’s probably a more expensive domain and they might not have wanted to commit to that when it was still a small instance…
minus-squaresour@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·19 days agoIt’s the same tld, they have the same recurring costs.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 days agoSame TLD ≠ Same costs if they took over from someone that sold the domain.
minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agofeddit.ch was discontinued but active for a bit
minus-squareObject@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoIt lived up to its name I suppose.
minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days ago? ch is the swiss country code and it was a swiss instance
minus-squareObject@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 days agoNah, I meant how it ends in dit.ch and it got ditched soon.
Really disappointed that italy doesn’t have fedd.it
Especially since fedd.it redirects to feddit.it. Wow, now I’m actually disappointed.
At least it redirects to feddit.it.
It’s probably a more expensive domain and they might not have wanted to commit to that when it was still a small instance…
It’s the same tld, they have the same recurring costs.
Same TLD ≠ Same costs if they took over from someone that sold the domain.
feddit.ch was discontinued but active for a bit
It lived up to its name I suppose.
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ch is the swiss country code and it was a swiss instance
Nah, I meant how it ends in dit.ch and it got ditched soon.
ah nice spot