🗣️ Announcements

Hello all,

It is with regret that I am announcing the retiring of this Lemmy instance. It will be shut down at some time on Sunday 12th November 2023.

Engagement has been low since its inception, and has failed to grow. None of the subreddits I've reached out to have migrated here in any significant number, which was the sole purpose of the instance.

Immediately following shutdown, all data, including posts, user data, emails and backups, will be destroyed.

I appreciate that this will cause disruption for members who use their account on other instances, and can only apologise for that. I plan to send an email out to all members soon, explaining the shutdown and detailing any information I can find on how to export user data from the instance.

To those who have contributed and engaged, thank you. I'm sorry this couldn't become the place I hoped it would be.

Thanks,
JM

Hi all,

The site has been updated to the latest version (Lemmy 0.18.4).

Apologies for any downtime or disruption you may have experienced.

As always, if you experience any issues then please report them on the Bugs post.

Thanks,
JM

Hi all,

The site has been updated to the latest version (Lemmy 0.18.3).

Apologies for any downtime or disruption you may have experienced.

Things should be running more smoothly and quickly now, but as always, if you experience any issues then please report them on the Bugs post.

Thanks,
JM

Hello, and welcome to lemmy.srv.eco!

I'm JM, the owner of this instance.

We're aiming to build a community of communities based around topics such as self-sufficiency, mutual aid, collapse, and other subjects related to the environment and our place and role(s) within it.

At least initially, membership will almost entirely consist of Reddit users looking to migrate to a new platform in the face of undesirable high-level changes on the website, but we're hoping that over time, this can expand to include others too.

An important point to make is that the intention for this instance is not to be a drop-in replacement for Reddit, but simply to serve as a good starting point for re-establishing online communities coming from there.

Because this is new to us, we will be taking things slowly and making changes gradually. We encourage users to be proactive and get involved with discussions regarding how we move forward. There will be disruptions, disagreements, downtime, etc... please be patient with us as we work together to make this instance the best it can possibly be.

For the time being, community creation will be limited to admins only (meaning users cannot create their own communities without admin approval), and membership sign-ups will have to be approved manually by an admin. This is to slow the potentially large influx of new users and ensure the instance gets established properly. If you'd like to create a community, please make a post in /c/community_requests, following the instructions there to ensure a smooth and efficient process.

If you're interested in joining us as a member, you can do so here. If you're a Reddit mod who has discussed the migration of your subreddit with us, please follow the additional instructions in order to get you verified and assigned the necessary moderation privileges.

To get in touch, you can message me on Reddit.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy your stay!

~ JM :)