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Updates about lemmynsfw.com

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Update: I contacted with current big owners, other older friends and lastly from some friends from here. Mostly all of them living in US so they don’t want/can’t host it. So I’ll keep hosting without being on moderation side. @[email protected] will post about details I guess. @[email protected] is the new top admin.

As you know, it has been 2 weeks since I opened the instance and it has grown quite a lot. Likewise, the time I have to devote to this work has increased a lot.

I'm dealing with lemmynsfw more than my IRL job right now :D This is bothering me. Also, having an NSFW instance instead of a normal instance makes things much more difficult. If you remember; I had my biggest scale fuck up with the post "we allow loli content" :) This situation wore me out. Also a lot of problems are bothering me, both as a software and as a community.

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. I will also roll over any donations made, excluding the current month's expenses.

I'm sorry if I've upset anyone. That's all from me.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] sota2077 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm guessing this will be a recurring thing that happens in the future where folks get burned out. I don't fault anyone for getting worn out hosting stuff for people.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

So sorry to hear about your situation. Thanks so much for starting this instance, and Best Wishes for your future adventures.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No the site has just started gaining traction

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't worry, its not going anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There seems to be enough interested people that even if this one were to die, a "phoenix lemmynsfw" or few is almost sure to happen. Of course the issue with that would be getting all the activity back again, so it would be nice if that did not happen.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's unfortunate, but understandable. There's no shame in admitting when you've bitten off more than you can chew. It happens to a lot of mods. Thank you for the work you've put in, and I wish you the best.

Is there any word on who the new admin is going to be? What should us users expect, moving forward?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For now, no changes. Whenever things are expected to change, announcements will be made. Right now it seems a matter of finding someone who can take on the backend stuff.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's good to know. Thank you.

[–] DelvianSeek 8 points 1 year ago

Thank you for all your hard work to date. Unfortunately, I don't know nearly enough about any of how this actually works behind the scenes to volunteer, but I do want to express that you've done a great (if thankless) job so far. I think a place like this probably NEEDS to exist in the fediverse, but it's also understandably a huge job, probably larger than just one person. Good luck, thank you, and I hope you find a new admin (ideally a new admin team) soon.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks for your efforts. I'm sure most commenters here don't believe this was easy, and everyone should do what's best for themselves. Take care!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Best of luck, both to you and whatever you decide to do in the future, but also to the poor soul who will now have to maintain all this after you :p

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for all your work on this, if you end up having a hard time finding someone I would definitly be up for it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I understand the workload, even just finding content to bootstrap communities is taking more of my life than I want. Thank you for filling a hole in Lemmy when it was needed, I hope your replacement can keep the ship running as smoothly as this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Good luck with your future ventures, hope you find something more relaxing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I've got no interest in hosting but would be happy to help with moderation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for starting this up! Hopefully you can get a team to manage this instance to avoid having it all be done by one person.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you for everything, I'm sorry for our pettiness. I really hope you all the best.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If u are looking for someone I want to apply. And also thanks for what have u done, GL

[–] WhoRoger 3 points 1 year ago

Great work.

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