Just saw that lemm.ee is shutting down (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.asudox.dev/post/397297

Hello everyone.

As reported by lemm.ee's staff team at [email protected], the instance will be shut down by the end of this month and that means communities along with it, including [email protected].

It's been nice to have you all in this community. Farewell.

I've got to say, a lot of the more negative interactions I've had have been at lem.ee, so I'm not really that sad about it.

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[-] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago

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.

https://hexbear.net/post/5128552

Oof... did we strike a nerve? Well, at least they didn't defed...

[-] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago

I guess the DOGE cuts hit them

[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago

How come we got our funding back? i-love-not-thinking

[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago

They forgot we exist. Shhh be careful.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

We're like the Laos of shitposting sites lmfaooo

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I read that as Laios and got excited

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

What's that, like the Lidl of Oceania?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Delicious in dungeon reference, Laios is the human in the party who just really likes to eat monsters

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Oh right, I only got to like episode 4 lol

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

Can I join as an admin and steer the ship for a while?

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

Idk. I think it's for lemm.ee users only, plus, they closed registration so yeah, no, you can't, unfortunately sicko-wistful

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

I very much doubt this is because of us, and I dont know why everyones celebrating this as if "our posting power" did this when the admins of that instance have been nice to us afaik. I think it's because of genuinely bad actors otherwise they would have just defedded.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Well ok

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I dont know why everyones celebrating this as if "our posting power"

it's a joke. and it's hilarious

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