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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.

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[–] who@feddit.org 179 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

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.

[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 101 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

I’ve noticed this a ton over the last two or three months. Lemmy has become so much more negative than it was when I joined. It’s a real bummer. I can’t even imagine trying to be a mod or an admin.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

agreed. the honeymoon period post-reddit-exodus was nice but this place is just like everywhere else now.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 89 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

It's still quite a lot nicer than reddit, even if it has its share of unpleasant characters. Whenever I read a reddit thread I am glad Lemmy exists.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 46 points 2 weeks ago

It's the normal amount of suck that is inherent and not the turbo suck that corpos intentionally cultivate for profit

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Fascinating how quickly you can forget the actual abuse when thinking about an abusive ex.

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[–] Sandbar_Trekker@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Based on the uptick in "I was banned from Reddit" posts, I'm thinking that we're getting a lot more users that were banned for good reason from Reddit. Looks like Reddit has also stepped up their game in their ability to keep those users off their platform.

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[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I think that is just an effect of growing, or at least not shrinking and sticking around. There is ni point in spaming somewhere where there are no active users.

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[–] UnearthedUnusual@lemm.ee 112 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have mostly just lurked here and wanted to come out of my shell to say thank you, admins, for all your hard work on this instance. You did a great job running this instance and I'll miss being the goblin hiding in the corner here.

Best of luck with your next endeavors.

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[–] Owljfien@lemm.ee 85 points 2 weeks ago

Oof owie, my instance

[–] MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip 71 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Managing a federated network comes with a lot of responsibility.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not just federated networks. It is anything with user interaction. Managing and moderating any sort of sizeable social media site is a lot harder than people think.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

it's why I said no to a discord server that I am chronically online in. I don't remember what was the active user count back then, probably just 100. the admins offered a mod position because I'm a good boi. I know I'll get angry at the slightest thing. but i always managed to stop kyself from posting angrily off the cuff. I am not fit to moderate strangers, even if their familiar strangers. dunno how I'd do with a smidgen of power.

I couldn't imagine the stress of moderating even larger network

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[–] realitista@lemm.ee 58 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Shiiiit. What's the easiest way to migrate all my communities quickly???

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 74 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Go to your settings, and scroll down. Theres an export to json option. Just save it, and then you can imprt that file in your new account. Super easy.

Figuring out where to go is a little harder though.

[–] OrganicMeatbag@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Only bad thing is it doesn't migrate your posts and comments. Thankfully it does migrate your saved posts!

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[–] Altomes@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Just switched and it was buttery smooth

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

Oh wow I didn't realize that settings export included communities. That's great.

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Consider moving them to PieFed

It has powerful mod features that Lemmy does not

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[–] async_amuro@lemm.ee 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That’s depressing news, but I get it.

Any suggestions on alternative instances?

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

lemmy.zip would be my recommendation.

[–] eleitl@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting. What do you like about it?

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Great admin team, public finances, reasonable rules, good defederation policy, data is hosted in the EU.

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[–] cole@lemdro.id 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I started lemdro.id and we've got a couple other folks as admins too. Not too large an instance, but imo we have a similar philosophy to lemm.ee (although community creation is not enabled by default for users)

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[–] Pixelemme@lemm.ee 36 points 2 weeks ago

That is sad to hear. Thanks for the all the work admins.

[–] Altomes@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for all your work, you ran a great instance and I appreciate all the effort you put into it

[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

This suuuucks. We need another big, general instance that doesn't defed everyone. But I get it, being an admin sounds like a lot of work or I would do it lol. Plus I don't have place for a server around here. Or do most admins just buy space from the cloud?

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[–] node2527@lemm.ee 25 points 1 week ago

Thanks for your time. Take care of yourselves.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sad to hear this. I liked the people I’ve met from lemm.ee and the hands-off approach to defederation that the instance had.

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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Damn, it was like the 2/3rd most active instance

https://lemmyverse.net/ to search for a new instance

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[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 23 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Now is a good time to check out PieFed.

It also has much better mod tools, so it will make life easier for mods

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago

Thanks, admins, your efforts and patience have been greatly appreciated.

[–] Nelots@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 week ago

Farewell Lemm.ee, it was a good two years.

[–] moonlight6205@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago

I was here for just a few days but thanks for providing the service

[–] Master@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

Sad day. Lemm.ee was by far my favorite instance and my home. Thanks admins for the hard work.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

Thank you for your hard work! Sorry I was being an ass time to time.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lemm.ee has been an amazing instance.

Loved the transparency, mods, community, and lemm.ee is easy to type out and remember

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[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

What happens to the communities there? Is there a way for them to automatically migrate to another instance?

[–] eleitl@lemm.ee 14 points 2 weeks ago

You have to migrate your community to a new instance, and notify the users about its new location. Old content from lemm.ee will remain accessible.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago

The content will still be visible on other instances that were federated, according to their post.

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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In this situation, a user on lemm.ee would have to export their settings and create a new account elsewhere, right? Do their comments and post histories get exported too? I joined Lemmy only a month ago; this is the first time seeing an instance go down, so I'd appreciate it if someone here could clarify that.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

a user on lemm.ee would have to export their settings and create a new account elsewhere, right?

Yes

Do their comments and post histories get exported too?

No, but if I understand it correctly, they will live on in other servers that were federated at the time they were posted.

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