Hey everyone

We’re really sorry to say this, but lemm.ee will be shutting down on June 30, 2025.

What you need to know

As of now:

New user registrations are disabled

Creating new communities is disabled

What you should do:

You can export your settings at https://lemm.ee/settings to take them with you to another instance.

If you're moving to another instance, consider adding a note to your lemm.ee profile with your new username. Your old profile will still be visible from other instances even after we go offline.

Alternatively, if you want to delete your lemm.ee profile, now is the best time to do it, so the deletion can federate out before we go offline.

If you're one of the folks supporting us with a recurring donation, please remember to cancel it (Ko-Fi donations should have been cancelled automatically already). Our leftover funds are already enough to cover our bills for next month, so we can keep things running without any more support.

Because of how Lemmy is built, everything posted on lemm.ee will still be accessible from other instances, even after we go offline.

Why this is happening

The key reason is that we just don’t have enough people on the admin team to keep the place running. Most of the admin team has stepped down, mostly due to burnout, and finding replacements hasn’t worked out.

The sad reality is that while there are a lot of great people on Lemmy, there are also some who use the platform to attack others, stir up conflict, or actively try to undermine the project. Admins are volunteers who deal with the latter group on a constant basis, this takes a mental toll. Please understand why our admins chose to step down, and be kind to the admins on whatever instance you decide to join.

We know this sucks. We're genuinely sorry it’s ending like this. Thank you to everyone who spent time here and helped make it better.

– lemm.ee team

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[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That is unfortunate :( they were one of the instances I could easily recommend to new users. Sad to see them go, but I get it. Moderation is hard job

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[–] sasquash@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Very sad to hear but totally understandable. Unfortunately, this will make the centralization of lemmy world even worse.

How much effort is it actually to host a small instance? I am thinking about hosting one mostly for my self. Mainly because I am interested in the technology. Also my country doesn't have one so that could be a topic too if there is some interest. But hearing this I am not so sure anymore. I can't put many hours into it each week just to keep it running.

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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well that's sudden and unexpected. Was there any calls for admins? I'm sort of surprised that lemm.ee couldn't find enough volunteers with their sizable user base.

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[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Kinda scary that the threadi (??) instance with the (probably) second-highest active users struggled enough to warrant a shutdown :(

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago

Dear lemm.ee and the wonderful admin,

I'm sad to see you go, but thank you, sincerely, for being the springboard that allowed me to dive into the refreshing waters of Lemmy.

Stay golden, pony boy

[–] hefejefe@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago (35 children)

Forgive me, I’m still not sure what this means. Is this site just dead at the end of the month?

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[–] s08nlql9@lemm.ee 14 points 3 days ago

Big thanks to lemm.ee, great job to the whole team

[–] LuckyPierre@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago

Thank you and the admin team, past and present, for their time and care.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Gonna miss it here. The admins were chill as hell and so were the communities hosted here. Especially the car one.

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[–] lasers4eyes@piefed.social 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

Very unfortunate, lemm.ee had a real promise of being a flagship lemmy instance.

Bit of an off topic question though, as someone who really has no knowledge on software development, what are the chances lemmy as a whole could fork?

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Does anyone know if saved posts and comments are also exported with the account settings?

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[–] kyle@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well now I feel awful for not helping when they needed admins :( I don't manage servers or even have experience managing communities.

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[–] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I moderate a community. Do I need to move that community? Or can I just give it over to my new account?

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 days ago

You create the community on another instance. You update the lemm.ee version with a sticky post and sidebar edit to let people know the new location. Do that before lemm.ee closes down, and even people that find the lemm.ee version of the group after the instance is gone will still be able to find your new location

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[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I volunteered to mod and the admins didn't contact me. So I thought they had enough people.

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