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Hello to all of our new users.

I wish we could all meet in better circumstances. The closing of lemm.ee is a real blow to the fediverse, and I have nothing but the greatest respect for the lemm.ee admin team. Lemm.ee was a cornerstone of the lemmy community, and set a high bar for moderation and technical performance.

Finding a home on the fediverse can be tough. Whether you're here to lurk, post, moderate, or contribute in your own way, we’re glad you’ve joined us. Lemmy.zip might not replace what was lost, but we hope it can become a lemmy instance where you can feel at home.

Everyone should receive a welcome PM when they sign up to Lemmy.zip from the ~~ever-present dark lord overseer~~ friendly bot, ZippyBot. However, in case poor Zippy has been overworked and forgotten to send the PM to you, here's some helpful information regarding Lemmy.zip!

All of our policies can be found at legal.lemmy.zip. This includes our Code of Conduct. Please (please!) have a read of this. Our number 1 rule is Remember the human! (no harassment, threats, etc.). We absolutely adhere to this. Treat people with respect.
When you created your account, we set up some "Default Blocks". If you want a more unfiltered Lemmy experience, you can head to your account settings and remove the blocks. You can read more about this in our Welcome Post - they are currently hexbear and lemmgrad.
We have monthly updates! You can read the latest one here!. We're always open to suggestions if there's anything else you'd like to see in these.
We have some metrics around federation for the curious among you. The link is in the sidebar or you can click here!
We have our status page at status.lemmy.zip. In the unlikely event the server becomes sentient and starts a robot uprising, full details will be available here.

Finally, your admin team is myself (Demigodrick), Sami, Druid, and Gazby. Please reach out to any of us if you feel you need help or support with anything. We also have a support email - [email protected].

If you have any questions, please let us know and we'll do our best to answer them.

Thanks,

The Lemmy.zip Admin Team

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago

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!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Hi, non- lemm.ee newcomer here. I'm trying to import settings from srlpnk. It's throwing an immediate error, not a timeout (though I have gotten some rate limit messages). I took a look at the json file, and I think the problem may be trying to reference avatar etc images on slrpnk.net. Looks like I may be able to delete the strings and replace them with :null, but with you guys getting slammed I didn't want to further gum up the works. Figured I'd run it by yas for input first. No rush, thanks!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Hey - lots of new things we've not seen before being uncovered. Feel free to give it a shot (backup the old version first!) And let us know if it works or not. If that is the issue, I'll log an issue with the lemmy devs as I'm sure it'll help someone in the future

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Well, my instinct was wrong, still says error importing file. Could be a number of other things (version mismatch maybe, the export file is from back in January) but without being able to see the actual error I'm just shooting in the dark. If you have the time and are willing to help troubleshoot that would be awesome, if not I understand. Worst case scenario is that I spend a few minutes rebuilding subscriptions and a long long time rebuilding the block list lol. Thanks either way!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Good luck!

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

Just made my account, thanks for having us!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Welcome! 👋

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

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 :)

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

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!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Hey - no issues with VPN. You might get more cloudflare challenges, but we won't block you! We have no plans to enable a block either.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Awesome thanks for that, and for welcoming us. Will get my act together and sign up SoonTM : )

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I can happily verify this (Mullvad). Without a VPN, I can't even be here - so it is all good :D

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

What you didn't realize is that it is one person with lots of data and alts

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Same, not looking forward to surprise furry porn until I get those blocked but whatcha gonna do?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Oh yea....well. it's something to do.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

.zip has been the best instance that I've experienced. Welcome aboard!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I'm not importing anything either, I'll let everything go with the instance.

New home, new discoveries as you said :D

[-] [email protected] 38 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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.

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[-] [email protected] 32 points 5 days ago

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!

[-] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yeah donations are an important point - the server is coping with the current levels of traffic, but its certainly not thriving! If we are lucky enough to be chosen by a majority of .ee, we will definitely need to consider an upgrade or additional hardware.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Let us all know if it becomes a struggle. I'm always happy to pitch in.

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[-] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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!

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

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!

[-] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

Welcome aboard! The admin team have been flat out approving the requests (and taking time to enjoy many of the application messages!) so I'm really happy people are noticing this.

While the circumstances are rubbish, we're glad to have you here :)

[-] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

(and taking time to enjoy many of the application messages!)

I would love to see some of these - maybe as an 'editors pick' on the monthly updates. Attributed or anonymous depending on user preference if picked.

I am sure plenty of users have attempted comedy in that box, with some of them actually funny 🙃

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago

I think in the region of 150 to 200. For us, thats quite a few :)

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

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! 😁

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

"I am Zathras from lemmy.zip, you have met Zathras from lemm.ee - is different Zathras.

listen! Zathras. Zathras. different, yes?"

[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

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