Lemmy NSFW

Hey just a quick FYI, if anyone here in the US is thinking of taking this instance over, I would strongly recommend becoming extremely familiar with correctly implementing section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and related laws. And I don't mean just reading it and thinking "I am a smart person, I get this now". I mean learning how large social media sites and their T&S teams actually implement it for real. Otherwise you will very possibly go to a PMITA prison and wind up on the sex offender registry.

I'm not messing with you. The feds do not fuck around with this stuff.

This instance isn't my jam but an instance like this should really have a team behind it. That is a lot to start but once it is set it becomes immensely easier. Consider it, but it also is respectable to pass it off. Good luck.

❤️ Best wishes man

This is overkill, just don't host anything you aren't comfortable with, and let people go make their own for anything you aren't. That's the entire point of defederated design. Ignore the idiots who think this is reddit and are screaming about censorship and let them go deal with the headaches involved by making their own places. Signed a fellow sys admin of many years who actually knows what this is like.

Respect man.

Even though you're stepping out, you've done amazing work kickstarting an essential part of this new ecosystem.

I agree the software can be a bit of a pain in the ass to manage. And humans. They can be quite annoying, especially in mobs.

Again, thanks for helping this revolution get started, and hopefully you'll find peace in a less demanding role of this movement.

Even though it was short, it's been a treat working with you.

Hope you stick around as an admin, while I may have disagreed with some of the things you've proposed and done, it's really refreshing to have someone in charge who not only actively listens to the community, but goes so far as to ask the community about possible issues and matters that haven't been brought forward.

Really gives a human face to the community, thanks for being so down-to-earth here.

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Friends, I sent an offer to some knowledgeable people, but they said they could not do it. Understandable for sure. Is there anyone among you who has the knowledge to make the migration to their own server without me?

Sorry you got so much shit for that, you definitely didn't deserve it. Thank you for all your hard work and goodluck going forward.

Thanks for all the work you've put into the instance - best wishes.

Big thanks for getting things started on this growing platform! 🙏 Was a bummer that big instances like lemmyml jumped straight to de-fed but figure thats part of the growing pains. Your efforts are still appreciated.

Well thanks for full transparency! I think that’s dope.

That’s why I’m thinking of transferring the instance and the domain to a person I trust. Who can maintain the deployments and also know this stuff.

It's somewhat unclear if you're looking for someone, or you already have someone and just letting us know.

Thank you for all that you've done, it's very much appreciated. Don't feel bad about it, I totally understand why it's overwhelming. You couldn't pay me to run a server like this.

I have absolutely no interest in the front side admin (content moderation, etc) but if we can find hosting in a country that won’t send me to prison for being a part of this, I can do most sysadmin of backend.

Whatever admin team develops from this feel free to dm me and we can discuss how that would work.

I am interested since I run servers and already have the infrastructure in place.

I just have to get familiar with running a Lemmy instance on Docker. Also, I don't see any documentation on how to transfer a Lemmy instance.

I think this is incredibly important, in some ways this instance in particular, but no one can ask for more from you

Nothing to apologize for - you're not leaving everyone high and dry, you're hanging in there and working through what sounds like a personally difficult transition.

So I'll just say this: thank you for taking the responsibility thrust on you with due seriousness. Most people don't understand the importance of community, and what we owe to it.

When you hand it over, do it knowing your part is done, fully and completely.

And if you need to step away, step away - do the exchange from a distance, and if things fall through and no one you trust is there to take it, that's okay too.

I think there's a certain amount of responsibility when you find yourself at the center of something, but that responsibility only goes so far - if you need to step down and the community won't step up, that's not on you

Huge respect for being the change you wanted to see in the world. This instance needed to be created and I'm glad you were the one to pull the trigger.

Thanks for creating this place. No one should be upset at you for hanging up the hat.

I'm sure everyone understands that moderating us degenerates is task that takes a heavy toll on one's sanity.

Wishing you the best on your future projects!

Thank you for your hard work. It's amazing how well things have taken off here. I wish you well, and good fortune to the new brass.

Thank you for everything that you've done until now. There will always be a minority of haters, but please know there's a lot more of us who really appreciated your work (even if we are relatively quiet).

It'll be sad to see you go, but perfectly understandable considering everything that's happened. Just opening the instance alone and governing it for as long as you have is already an amazing amount of effort, so I hope you won't lose sight of that in spite of all the challenges.

Definitely hope you take some time to take care of yourself as you step away from here. Best of luck with finding someone to take over.

Thank you for starting this instance. Your personal life is more important and you have already done a lot by starting this community.

Thanks for your hard work.

Thank you for starting this instance and all your hard work, I appreciate how open you've been with this community and hope you continue to be part of it even when you pass it on. I understand it must take a lot of time and effort to maintain this service!

brah you are not to blame - life comes first

I get it, it's really difficult running an instance. Expecially at this scale. Especially nsfw. I probably couldn't do it. Thank you for your service.

You already did the hardest part - to start the whole thing.

I hope that you find someone whom you trust to pass the torch to.