Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhy do so many European instances use the name Feddit?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-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 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squaresour@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoReally disappointed that italy doesn’t have fedd.it Especially since fedd.it redirects to feddit.it. Wow, now I’m actually disappointed.
minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agofeddit.ch was discontinued but active for a bit
minus-squareObject@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIt lived up to its name I suppose.
minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago? ch is the swiss country code and it was a swiss instance
minus-squareObject@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoNah, I meant how it ends in dit.ch and it got ditched soon.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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 months agoIt’s the same tld, they have the same recurring costs.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months 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.