cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/65824884
lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month
Hey everyone
We’re really sorry to say this, but lemm.ee will be shutting down on June 30, 2025.
What you need to know
As of now:
- New user registrations are disabled
- Creating new communities is disabled
What you should do:
- You can export your settings at https://lemm.ee/settings to take them with you to another instance.
- If you’re moving to another instance, consider adding a note to your lemm.ee profile with your new username. Your old profile will still be visible from other instances even after we go offline.
- Alternatively, if you want to delete your lemm.ee profile, now is the best time to do it, so the deletion can federate out before we go offline.
- If you’re one of the folks supporting us with a recurring donation, please remember to cancel it (Ko-Fi donations should have been cancelled automatically already). Our leftover funds are already enough to cover our bills for next month, so we can keep things running without any more support.
Because of how Lemmy is built, everything posted on lemm.ee will still be accessible from other instances, even after we go offline.
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.
We know this sucks. We’re genuinely sorry it’s ending like this. Thank you to everyone who spent time here and helped make it better.
– lemm.ee team
Thanks, a couple of questions if I may: What’s your federation/defederation policy? In what country is the server physically hosted? Are you the only moderator of the instance?
Instances that tolerate bot spam and illegal stuff get blocked. However, that was rearly the case up until this point.
Germany (Hetzner)
Moderator no. Admin yes. But I have a backup person in the background in case that I’m not able to manage the instance anymore, temporarily.
Thanks. A few more:
What’s your stance towards the lefty instances (ml, lemmygrad, hexbear)?
What does pub mean or stand for? Public? Pub as in the beer drinking place?
Is europe.pub affiliated with the pubeurope mastodon instance?
I’m fine with them as long it’s legal stuff. I’m pretty far left myself (although no tankie).
Like the pub yeah. Basically where people come together. I thought it was a cool name.
No.
Great, then I think you can count me in!
In fact, I realized I had already created an account (as ceiron) and later deleted it. The problem is that if I try to sign up, it tells me the user already exist, but if I try to log in, it tells me the user has been deleted.
Any chance you could look into that and either restore or delete my user for good? Thank you.
This isn’t possible, unfortunately. I suppose I could do it in the database directly, but I fear that this could mess up federation, since your user probably already got federated with other servers. Can you choose another one?
Actually there is no activity at all linked to that account, which is why I ended up deleting it. So if you can remove it directly from the database it would be great. I don’t understand how it can be in this sort of limbo where I can’t use it to login nor to sign up as new user - looks like a bug, no?
I think I was able to restore your account. Can you try to log in?
You got it! First post with the new account - thank you!