Thank you to all the admins and donators who kept lemm.ee going.
Wherever you guys migrate, please stop concentrating the userbase around lemmy.world, that's exactly what we're trying to avoid with Lemmy to begin with. The best thing you can do is go to https://join-lemmy.org/ and choose a server that's not in the top 10 or so. This will also help avoid things like the admins/mods burning out
Yeah I was gonna try out piefed and mbin but if those don’t work out for me any lemmy instance suggestions? J was thinking lemmy.zip or any instance who only defederates with spam/illegal stuff
Apparently db0 and lemmy.zip are two such instances that broadly federate
Oh …..oh God, why!!! Why!? It’s too soon!!! 😭😩
I'll be honest i don't get what people differentiate so much about instances. most of the time i don't even notice what instance people I'm talking to are from, what instance the community in browsing is from, what instance the meme I'm viewing is from... is it about the software you're using that you're so aware of these things?
To me, it's mostly how an instance is ran. How it makes its decisions: defederating or not, and with whom, how they handle complaints, how they handle bans, etc. makes a difference in both the communities it hosts and its members.
There's also the matter of user culture. Some instances, like Beehaw, Lemmygrad, and Hexbear are known for a certain user culture. Some users might steer clear away from certain instances because of that perceived user culture.
And then there's the issue of defederation stance. It might not be readily apparent, or affect your user experience in a big way, but for some users, it's a factor. This is also where lemm.ee made its mark. It basically used defederation as a last resort, and some users were drawn to that.
That's why I was here. I've already made a few more accounts just to have backups in case this happens again, but I really really enjoyed how I could see most of the Fediverse, and could block with my own settings if I didn't like the way another instance was ran. I will miss it. :'-]
I'm in the same boat. I do not like defederation. So where do we go? Any other instance with the same openness? I don't know details about instances, but I know I'd like to avoid .world though.
If your display settings don't show the full username, there's no way to tell really. Voyager and Alexandrite show then by default. I think people just like to root for teams inherently and the interinstance drama is kind of fun. If you're on Lemmy a lot you start to recognize people and their main instance, there really aren't that many of us.
Different admins; some instances federate with some, some block others.
unless its coming from .ml, hexbear or lemmygrad. the comments cant get annoying.
With .ml you can sometimes still have a good discussion. Maybe because the community is so big. And not everyone who joins knows ml stands for Marxist-Leninist.
But those other 2 are chock full of extremists.
Childish people love to argue about childish things.
Thank you, not just for showing respect and appreciation to the people behind Lemm.ee but because these posts are a magnet for the kind of trolls everyone should block before migrating elsewhere. 👌
Here’s an entitled ass to add to your collection lol https://sh.itjust.works/comment/19001249
I really liked lemm.ee because it didn't defederate from the radical socialist and communist spectrum of political speech.
But the other issue with a bigger instance like lemm.ee going down is that as long as communities can't be moved (including users and content) to other instances, the lemmy project will fail. Because then only centralization in a few big instances is viable, and those big instances are going to become valuable and sold to plutocrats.
I hope you're not calling tankies radical socialists or communists. Because .ml et al are authoritarian instances, not lefty.
I interact regularly with "those ml" instances and don't meet any (or not many) of people like you describe. I do believe it's mostly rumors, propaganda, cherry picking and liberal prejudice against socialists.
Do you still know what is real? The principle behind freedom of speech is about hearing dissenting voices that might tell you a truth that the mainstream won't.
In case you're curious, I also believe "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" so I often support or at least not condemn countries like Russia or China or Iran in their fight against the authoritarian US Empire. I'm a realist, pacifist and materialist, we already know what the regime change sought by the US will do to the people in "shithole" countries.
To be fair, lemm.ee didn't really act as host to any major communities to begin with. So communities aren't really the loss here, and it could be that having at least a few big active communities on an instance is a key part of maintaining its long term viability.
Also, all the text posts and comments from lemm.ee will still remain on other instances. I'm sure the instance could also back up content, if the specific admin so desired to re-host.
Community migration is possible on Piefed https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45876492?scrollToComments=true
lemmyee grew too fast for its own good, with the reddit purges.
Fellow lemm.ee refugee!
Thank you to the lemm.ee admins and mods for everything. I will miss the defederation policy the most!
Lemm.ee was my home instance. I will miss it dearly. I wasn't as active as I probably could have been, but I'm still sad.
It was great while it lasted, and I thank those that ran it. A breath of fresh air after initially being on an instance that decided to nanny its users by defederating from instances for no good reasons.
I have a backup account on sdf.org, so I'm now using that as my main instance. Thanks to those who run it.
I'm an .ee refugee. I just hope this stuff doesn't become the norm where instances get shut down
Take lemmy.today instead!
i made an account yesterday, and imported my prferences over.
Sir, you took the words right out of my mouth when read the news
I'm sorry but the best is dbzero. Lemm.ee was a damn good instance too though
I think it adds to our mystique that not even our regulars can spell it correctly :D
The lemm.ee admin is a shit hot developer though, his instance was generally more robust than all the others, and he helped other instances when they had various problems. It's a shame he wasn't the lead lemmy developer, although I'm sure he doesn't have the time for such a big undertaking.
Lol, no it wasn't. It was the place where the lowest-common-denominator ended up. My experience on more niche, tailored servers has been wonderful for thoughtful discussion and avoiding useless flame wars.
Thanks for saying this. We did see some hate coming from there whereas on more dedicated servers there's generally none of that.
what do i do now i only use jerboa how do i change instances
Go to https://lemm.ee/settings in a web browser (I'm not sure its in jerboa), and export your settings.
Make an account at lemmy.zip or lemmy.cafe, go to settings there, and import the settings file.
then, log out of jerboa, and log in with your new account.
Yeah, what a shame.
Shit I'm out of the loop, is my account being deleted or something?
Out of loop? We had posts and posts about lemm.ee going down, how did you missed it?
Anyway, end of June lemm.ee is going down, which means it won't be accessible!
If you want to access lemmy after that, you have to find a new instance. Have a look here to search for a new instance.
Don't forget to export your profile settings from settings > Import/Export Settings > export.
End of june, lemm.ee is shutting down.
don't worry though, most communities are available on other instances.
Just make a new account on lemmy.zip, export your settings/subscriptions from lemm.ee and import them on .zip.
Nooooooooooooooooooo
Memes about the Fediverse.
Other relevant communities:
