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fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Depends; Closest thing to lemm.ee? Maybe lemmy.zip?
Here’s my own choices:
Dbzer0 and zip are probably the closest thing to lemm.ee in terms of defederation.
Problem isn’t so much defederation policy in and of itself, as much as it is just the general level-headedness of the admins
Lemm.ee’s lead admin had exactly the type of philosophy towards managing this platform that I want to see in wherever I go next.
Unfortunately that philosophy led them to close down their instance due to burnout, so maybe it’s not exactly a winning one 😅
I beg you, please take care of yourself if it’s needed, take time off, relax, get help from others. I think you have a philosophy to not take money out of the donations, but speaking as one of the contributors, I think that’s unfair considering the amount of work you put in.
What I’m saying is just do what it takes to not let it lead to burnout. I don’t think anyone that understands the value of this instance would mind.
I’m not close to burnout but thanks for the concern. I don’t run my instance like lemm.ee does for a reason ;)
Seeing the instance as infrastructure is what I want to see more of
Yes, exactly! A good manager to me is the one that is just focused on solving the problems that are on the way of the rest of the team.
Fingers crossed, but we also know Lemmy might not be ready for that type of philosophy. I mean I still don't know what exactly happened, but lemm.ee wasn't successful in the end. And the underlying issues are still there. So the next admin team might face the same dynamics.
Any website or service that utilizes the .zip TLD 🤮🤮
I’m sure there are great websites and services that utilize it, but I have a strong opinion that the TLD should have never been put out there for people to use. I block all .zip TLD domains with no exceptions; and so unfortunately, I cannot use lemmy.zip.
To be fair, I have no real opinions about lemm.ee. It was one of the instances that had the most users when I joined Lemmy, and as far as I’m aware it hasn’t received any real negative press.
I’m more bothered about seeing or being associated with spam and/or an instance full of toxic people. I’m not a spicy person - or so I’d like to think.
I’m more bothered about seeing or being associated with spam and/or an instance full of toxic people. I’m not a spicy person - or so I’d like to think.
Zip’s a very trustworthy instance, all admins know about it; so i doubt anything wrong will happen in that regard 😉
is the TLD just aesthetically unpleasing or are there technical issues with zip archive files?
Curious to know how one can judge one TLD over others just b/c I've never really thought ab it until now
Just gonna pitch in here, but I’m no expert. I was reading people’s reactions when that TLD was introduced, and they raised concerns over the possibility that a bad actor could spoof an address that actually downloads a .zip file to your device when you click the link, even though you may assume it’s an address to a page. No idea what a hypothetical virus could do from a compressed environment, but thats what I remember reading.
Sorry to any experts if I’m muddying the waters with a dumb take!
Wikipedia also offers some information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.zip_(top-level_domain)
Yeah that’s the exact reason why I dislike the .zip TLD, and the same goes for .mov. The TLDs can be easily abused to look like something they’re not to trick people into visiting their website that downloads something malicious.
If you saw ChromeUpdate202506.zip, then what do you believe it is? A downloadable upload for Chrome or a website?
What if a malicious person has purchased that domain and filled the website with something malicious, a virus, an info stealer, etc?
I block the .zip TLD because the domains can be used maliciously. Within the first few days there were hundreds/thousands of domains registered with names to look like a zip files for updating some software.
I also block the .mov TLD for the exact same reason.
Sure on a good day you can spot the malicious intent from a mile away, but I like to protect for when I’m having a bad day. I also block the TLDs for the whole family as well because unfortunately they’re not as tech savvy or meticulous.
could just let only lemmy.zip and piefed.zip through and avoid the issues still
+1
I picked dbzer0 myself.
I don’t know the admin team at db0 can be interesting at times.
can you elaborate more?
I thought I’d be able to come with something funny but apparently I can’t on the spot so no it’s just a dumb reference to you being on the admin team there.
You regularly post interesting (and sometimes funny) content!
Yeah I’ve got nothing either. Kind of one of the reasons I’m on db0 actually.
Thanks 😊
What’s different about .zip? 🤔
Only negative thing i can name is that it blocks the UK, because of a law they don’t want to risk
Thanks
Which law is that?
The Online Safety Act uk.lemmy.zip lemmy.zip/post/31644782
Db0 isn’t like lemm.ee they defederated more readily and instance ban people for not having a left bias.
0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
Can lemmy use a different subdomain for authentication?
Unless it does, lemmy.zip is behind cloudflare and all of the passwords are going through a different entity, whether users like it or not.
I would rather not.