is this real
Bruh what? They’re citing lack of staff? They haven’t even asked for volunteers! I would be happy to help!
Is lemm.we actually shutting down?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by artiman@lemm.ee to meta@lemm.ee
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catloaf@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You don’t necessarily want to just ask for volunteers as that’s a great way to summon exactly the kind of people you don’t want to put in charge of online communities. The best way is usually to notice people who are already part of the community and consistently make positive contributions, then ask for their help. If none of those people want to, though, you’re stuck.
Krudler@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
As somebody that created and moderated communities for almost 20 years you nailed it.
Nobody should actively want to be a moderator, it’s a hell job.
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Flashback to when the creator of lemmy.world/c/the_pack was looking for mods. I volunteered with
I’m also a shitty mod and will disappear for weeks at a time. I only have experience modding a small subreddit and have no familiarity with Lemmy’s mod tools. Feel free to hit me up.
I passed the vibe check and now I’m exactly as crap a mod as I said I’d be.
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Obviously you would vet each person, not just blindly give admin privileges.
14th_cylon@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
they have, not long ago.
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I got close to volunteering, too, but honestly, my plate is too full doing more important stuff in the real world atm.
Rin@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
fuck, i didn’t see it… D:
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
They did, 4 month ago
Xanza@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The people that are most willing to help are generally the least likely to help, especially when it comes to content moderation.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
(my local version of the recruitment thread, in case the original lemm.ee post link becomes inaccessible)
Rin@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Honestly, me too. I wouldn’t mind taking on some /c/, but I’ve got a bad moderation record (banned in places, removed comments in others…) but I can be better and can take this place with sincerity rather than a place to vent my autistic annoyances in the worst ways possible. I’ve been here for 2 years and I wouldn’t want this - what we have - to go away.
Can we please have a post where /c/ that are struggling to moderate could ask for help? Hell, we could even do it monthly or every 2 months. Just gather ever /c/ that is struggling and ask for vols.
FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
If you’re gonna volunteer to be a moderator or admin for your instance you probably should brush up on its philosophy regarding other instances first.
Psythik@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Dammit, I literally just relaunched !radiolemmy@lemm.ee this week. What unfortunate timing.
To any of my subscribers reading this: I’m currently in the process of finding a new instance. I’ll edit this comment when I establish a new home for Radio Lemmy. Stay tuned…
mjhelto@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
YOU DID THIS TO US!!!
In all seriousness, I’m sorry your community is going away. What kind of stuff was it for? Radio as in AM and FM? Ham? Frequencies for radio waves? Aliens?
Let me know where you end up and I’ll subscribe! I finally convinced my wife to join Lemmy on .ee. It is unfortunate that she’ll have to pick a new instance, but I get it why the effort outweighs the benefit of running an instance.
Psythik@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Sorry guys; my bad. It’s all my fault.
Jokes aside, it is going to be an internet radio station run by Lemmy users. We will have live DJs, scheduled programming blocks, and all music will be picked by the community.
This actually a relaunch. I originally launched the station back in 2023 but it barely lasted two months because I couldn’t get enough content nor enough DJs to fill the schedule.
This time around I’m not launching the station until I have enough content to actually function like a proper radio station. I’m shooting for Q3 2025 because I feel like that is a wide enough window to get enough volunteers before we hit the airwaves. It all depends on you.
So if you want to contribute a block of programming, or even just give me a list of your favorite tunes, please read this first, and then PM we what you’ve got.
Also if you want to be a live DJ, please fill out this 4 question application.
Thank you and see you on the airwaves soon!
Penguincoder@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
I wish the best for the admin and mods of lemm.ee. I can attest to the frustration that is running any online community though, especially one built on/dependent on Lemmy. I am sorry to see you stepping out @sunaurus@lemm.ee but hope you’re doing alright otherwise. Was real nice bouncing ideas and changes off you in the past.
artiman@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I also wish the best for the admins and mods
lily33@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I guess it’s time to migrate to piefed. I really love some of the things they’re doing - but I’ll miss lemm.ee, I feel most other instances are either or are “free speech” instances, or defederate way too much…
artiman@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I was waiting for piefed to develop a little bit more ig this is the best opportunity now
can@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Rin@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
If this is really the end, I’d like to say thank you to everyone who made this instance special and i’d like to say sorry for being an asshole at times. This is the only instance that would take me in during the lemmy boom 3 years ago when reddit killed 3rd party apps.
if it’s time to go, it’s time to go… thanks again everyone
mjhelto@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Here here. This was a special place and I’m glad it existed and I was part of it, too. I wish the admin(s) nothing but the best and hope they stay on Lemmy as one of us reg. users!
XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
???
arrow74@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Anyone have suggestions for similar instances?
I assume my user account will also go down? I’m new to the lemmy community so I don’t know how this would interfere with me being able to comment and post on other instances from this account
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Your account will still exist, but you won’t be able to use if. So you should probably make an alt on another account.
I’d recommend maybe lemmy.dbzer0.com (similar but explicitly political unlike lemmy) lemmy.cafe (similar but defederated from more instances)
arrow74@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I do typically browse by all so lemmy.dbzer0.com may be the better option. I like how lemm.ee wasn’t defederated from that many instances
kratoz29@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I’d recommend maybe lemmy.dbzer0.com
I think this is gonna be the most logical direction to go for me now.
turtle@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Someone in another thread suggested lemmy.zip and lemmy.today as having similar defederation policies as lemm.ee. That’s probably where I’ll go since I like being able to see pretty much all lemmy instances.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Are there any active communities hosted here that will be lost?
14th_cylon@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
lemm.ee is one of the biggest instances. yes, there are communities and all of them will be lost.
is this trolling, or are you serious?
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
No need to be a dick.
What large communities are hosted here?
Ilandar@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Yes, the Movies community is very active and is the best place on Lemmy if you want to discuss films or the film industry.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
!movies@lemm.ee, !casualconversation@lemm.ee, !television@lemm.ee
We are going to organize the migration in the coming days.
Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
!casualconversation@lemm.ee is a big one.
artiman@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Probably but not any that I’m subscribed to
fievel@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
It seems so 😭
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I was about to make a new lemm.ee sub too
0ops@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Oof this sucks
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
another discussion here: crazypeople.online/post/2634649 (with people from outside lemm.ee)
Vari@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Discuit is a good alt. Not as much content but very much worth a looksee
tal@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
looks
Discuit isn’t a Threadiverse implementation, a la Lemmy, Piefed, and Mbin. Based on this, I don’t believe that multiple Discuit instances can even federate with themselves:
reddit.com/…/introducing_discuit_an_easy_to_use_r…
I don’t believe federated platforms will ever become mainstream. They have a whole host of problems, not the least of which is that they’re too complicated for most people to use. This platform is not, therefore, federated.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Less than 200 commenters: discuit.net/DiscuitMeta/post/THOarSQv
Definitely not in the same ballpark as Lemmy/Piefed
Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Lemmy’s benefit is decentralisation. If you go to lemmy.zip, most of the old content is there. We don’t lose everything with this shutdown.
Goten@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
they could just continue without mods. everyone hates mods.
can@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Pfft, you say that but there’s no way.
Go look at a big instance’s defederation list. Just the URLs should be enough to clue you in.
Goten@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
censorship isnt the answer. its always abused by the party in power. so id rather have death threads, cp and genovidal remarks removed than letting my admins get burned out by every thing they dont like.
im just sad that lemm.ee went this way. the fediverse is tiny compared to reddit and x but already breaking from the inside because people cant just fucking downvote, block users and scroll away. no every thing post gets put on the goldscale.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Yep
ee_pewgar@lemm.ee 2 days ago
well it’s not in April so you’re just on the denial stage