Hello everyone.

As reported by lemm.ee's staff team at !meta@lemm.ee, the instance will be shut down by the end of this month and that means communities along with it, including !ask@lemm.ee.

It's been nice to have you all in this community. Farewell.

I've got to say, a lot of the more negative interactions I've had have been at lem.ee, so I'm not really that sad about it.

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[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 42 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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.

https://hexbear.net/post/5128552

Oof... did we strike a nerve? Well, at least they didn't defed...

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I very much doubt this is because of us, and I dont know why everyones celebrating this as if "our posting power" did this when the admins of that instance have been nice to us afaik. I think it's because of genuinely bad actors otherwise they would have just defedded.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

Well ok

[–] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago

I dont know why everyones celebrating this as if "our posting power"

it's a joke. and it's hilarious

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I guess the DOGE cuts hit them

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How come we got our funding back? i-love-not-thinking

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They forgot we exist. Shhh be careful.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We're like the Laos of shitposting sites lmfaooo

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I read that as Laios and got excited

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What's that, like the Lidl of Oceania?

[–] Diva@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Delicious in dungeon reference, Laios is the human in the party who just really likes to eat monsters

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

Oh right, I only got to like episode 4 lol

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can I join as an admin and steer the ship for a while?

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 20 points 3 days ago

Idk. I think it's for lemm.ee users only, plus, they closed registration so yeah, no, you can't, unfortunately sicko-wistful