Schwim Dandy

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Cake day: June 15th, 2025

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  • www was never necessary. It was used to distinguish other connection methods for the user(imagine ftp://, mail://, gopher://, etc) but you could always choose to route your domain(and any subdomain) to your web server. It remained part of marketing because it was what people expected. People kept using it in communication because they thought it was required.

    ww1. or wwtubulartitty. could be routed to any web directory/page, sometimes maintainers will use ww1/ww2/etc to show that it’s routing to an alternate version of the site(like language, location, etc.).

    If you visit a site that only works with www. and not without, it’s almost always because the person setting up the server screwed up.