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What happened to lemm.ee? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 37 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Owner was getting burnt out and tried to spread out the work by bringing on extra admins, but it turned out to still be too much. Ended up shutting the server down as they couldn't resolve the issues they were having. Thankfully they provided ample warning, so most communities on the instance have found other homes.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I’m not a very tech savvy person, so forgive me if this is a dumb question. But does that mean that each instance of Lemmy is personally paid for by whoever owns it? How can that be sustainable?

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Yes

    I'm not an instance owner for Lemmy but a lot of us enjoy hosting different services at home on old/recycled hardware as a hobby or a means to escape big tech.

    I personally run a few things like Plex (media), PiHole (adblock), and NextCloud ("cloud" storage).

    It's sustainable as the Fediverse is a decentralized platform, meaning that, if necessary, we can rebuild accounts on a different instance if something happens to our existing one.

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