cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/65824884
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
❤️ feels good to hear from time to time. I’m just shocked at how much people are fine with that.
It’s pretty similar to hexbear and lemmygrad in a way. You learn to avoid and not trigger them because it always end in a bloodbath even though you never intended it to
I believe what infuriates me the most is that your comments just end up being deleted instead of just downvoted. It always goes in the same way, as if there’s only one voice.
But delete-instead-of-downvote is how you drive out the trolls. If you give shitty people a platform labeled “I think this person is wrong” then you’ve still given them a platform.
If you don’t understand the actions, it’s probably because you’re not trans. Try to be aware of that. Would a few comments seriously deteriorate your mental health? No, but transphobia might end up doing that on trans folks, that’s why it’s completely removed.
This is it. It’s really easy for cis people to talk about trans issues like they are nothing because they don’t experience them. I should know. I used to be like that before I knew I was a trans girl, and then I eventually came to realize why it hurt so much when my egg broke and I came to be in that position.