Just pinning this - we are getting a little battered by people importing their data from lemm.ee.

If you get a timeout or a rate limit error, please try using a VPN to upload it 😊

If this doesn't work, feel free to shoot us a PM or let us know!

Just made my account, thanks for having us!

Hey! Another .ee refugee here! Thank you all for keeping us alive in these trying times.

I really wish for here to be my long term home. If there is anything we can do to help on top of donations, I would be happy to participate :)

Hi there! I'm investigating places to land when lemm.ee shuts down and lemmy.zip has a great defed policy and looks like a good place. One QQ is, will I be able to connect to the instance with a VPN? The pinned thread on this post seems to suggest it's fine (try uploading the JSON with a VPN) but I want to be sure, as I don't see any mention of this in the privacy policy or other legal docs. I know some instances block them, and I understand it's to prevent abuse and ban evasion, however I use one all the time for enhanced privacy so it's fairly important to me.

Thanks so much!

oh boy yeah, it's me the #1927397 or something of the lemm.ee refugees, yeah. thanks btw~ hope ya guys survive more months!

I liiiiiive!

Thanks for hosting me!

I'm not transferring anything over. I'll rediscover things instead. Seems more fun. .ee gave me a chance to learn Lemmy. .Zip can be home.

Hello! The warm welcome is appreciated! I’m a lemm.ee member who’s sad to see that instance being closed. Thankfully I’ve found this fine place.

ZippyBot got the job done by sending both a DM and email.

Thanks and I’ll see you out there.

For all the newcomers, Demigodrick & co do a fantastic job of looking after us all in our little corner.

For UK users, you may be better off at feddit.uk though. This instance has opted to geoblock UK (on browsers at least - apps and instance federation currently unaffected) due to the requirements of the OSA. Worth a mention.

I keep an alt on feddit.uk but still use this as my main. Where allowed, it is good practice to keep an alt elsewhere and occasionally copy your community subscriptions over to it. Saves a lot of time and panic if a lemm.ee situation arises again.

Oh, and welcome!

Welcome everyone! .zip has an amazing admin team and excellent monthly updates. I landed here pretty fast after leaving R and have never felt any reason to set up an account anywhere else. If you like it after a few months, you should donate - I imagine a few hundred more active users might be some increase to resource needs.

Thanks for welcoming us lemm.ee refugees! I picked lemmy.zip because of how similar both instances are managed. Sad to see .ee go, but happy to be here!

Lemm.ee refugee here. I made my account over twenty-four hours ago, and was expecting that the registration will take time to be processed since at the time I made my application, this instance is among the most recommended. I was expecting the admins to be swamped. I was pleasantly surprised when I went back to my e-mails, an e-mail confirmation request was waiting, and just minutes after my confirmation, my registration was approved.

I am very thankful for the swift response, and thankful for the way this instance is ran (my primary reason choosing this over the others--it reminds me of lemm.ee in a good way).

Again, thanks!

Glad to be here, thanks for welcoming us lemm.ee users!

Thank you for the prompt application approval and warm welcome.

Any chance you could share how many new sign-ups you've seen since the lemm.ee announcement? Just curious, no worries if you can't.

Glad to be here. Thanks for welcoming us lemm.ee refugees.

Yet another lemm.ee refugee checking in. Thank you for the warm welcome!

Yet another lemm.ee refugee, thanks for taking us in! Can't wait to start my new home here ☺️

Another lemm.eefuge here. Thanks for the warm welcome.

Hello! Just joined from lemm.ee, happy to be here! Once I get settled in I plan on donating to help keep server maintenance. I understand the value in decentralized platforms, and wish I had done so with lemm.ee (which wasn't their problem, it was moderation, but I digress).

I look forward to seeing familiar usernames here! 😁

Hey, I'm another refugee, thanks for let me in

Lemm.ee shutting down was so unexpected for me, thank you everyone involved in taking us in.

Heya. It's Zathras from lemm.ee. Thanks for adopting all of us who are migrating. Cheers!

Thanks for welcoming the refugees with such open arms! We appreciate it!