Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoWhy do so many European instances use the name Feddit?message-squaremessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down10
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareWhy do so many European instances use the name Feddit?Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squaresour@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down1·2 years agoReally disappointed that italy doesn’t have fedd.it Especially since fedd.it redirects to feddit.it. Wow, now I’m actually disappointed.
minus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agofeddit.ch was discontinued but active for a bit
minus-square[object Object]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoIt lived up to its name I suppose.
minus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago? ch is the swiss country code and it was a swiss instance
minus-square[object Object]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoNah, I meant how it ends in dit.ch and it got ditched soon.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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-down1·2 years agoIt’s the same tld, they have the same recurring costs.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoSame TLD ≠ Same costs if they took over from someone that sold the domain.
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.
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
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.