Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhy do so many European instances use the name Feddit?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squaresour@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down1·edit-21 year 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-up1·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoIt’s the same tld, they have the same recurring costs.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoSame TLD ≠ Same costs if they took over from someone that sold the domain.
minus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agofeddit.ch was discontinued but active for a bit
minus-square[object Object]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt lived up to its name I suppose.
minus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago? ch is the swiss country code and it was a swiss instance
minus-square[object Object]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year 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