this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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~~It is time to talk about sailing ship and encourage defederation of this instance, I think.~~

Update: Administrator action has been taken, thankfully.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I would give it one more day just in case. But yeah, I'm already considering other instances and if I leave I'll stop my admittedly small monthly donation to SDF.

Its a pity because we had something beautiful here that was ruined by something so dumb. What instance do you think people will migrate to?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I will also stop donation if it comes to that. It is just plain irresponsible of them to let this go while giving us minimum ways to contact an inactive admin account. They do the sysadmin job, but do not do the instance admin job. I am incredibly annoyed and honestly angry.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Sorry to hear. The writing was kind of on the wall for a while, as they've been radio silent for months.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Has anyone tried getting to them via IRC?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

I've asked on com if anyone has an emergency contact, awaiting if anyone does

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What is the info? I can't get it to display from the site.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, I just did what I can from mobile. I can't connect.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I was able to get on and ask, seems membership@ is the only one (most) people know of

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Good luck. We're all counting on you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was able to get on and ask, seems membership@ is the only one (most) people know of

As in the email address [email protected]? Can you ask how long they usually take to respond if you're still on and willing?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Aye, that address. I've emailed them before and have received replies within a day... I'm hoping they're not facing a personal emergency of their own

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (5 children)

If you like SDF because they didn't defederate anyone, then https://lemmy.today/instances is a good option

If you liked SDF for the "tech" side, then https://lemmy.zip/ . The reports on [email protected] are always nice to see.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Unfortunately, the reason I like SDF is the culture we have here. It isn't something that will ever just be replicated.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh, good too. The admins are quite active, and work on other Lemmy tools like https://github.com/db0/threativore

You can have a look at the sidebar and see if you like it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I'll second this, and add lemm.ee as another quite-good instance overall.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Great honestly. Had no issues. It's a broader culture but everyone I spoke to there is usually chill and based af.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mainly use SDF because of the services provided, specifically the MC server, though I admit I haven't been super active there lately. The culture here is also usually very nice. It's a shame this happened, and that the admins are just not here to fix the issue.

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

Indeed, but in your case you probably have as many alts as I do 😄

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

Oh yeah it's not actually a big problem for me to access other things. It's more an issue that people won't be able to access the SDF Minecraft community anymore, and the communities already here will likely be toast as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Mander doesn't defed either, which is why I chose it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Very happy on zip. Made a lucky first choice!