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Welcome to Lemmy.zip (lemmy.zip)
submitted 10 months ago by Demigodrick@lemmy.zip to c/home@lemmy.zip
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Hello to all of our new users.

I wish we could all meet in better circumstances. The closing of lemm.ee is a real blow to the fediverse, and I have nothing but the greatest respect for the lemm.ee admin team. Lemm.ee was a cornerstone of the lemmy community, and set a high bar for moderation and technical performance.

Finding a home on the fediverse can be tough. Whether you're here to lurk, post, moderate, or contribute in your own way, we’re glad you’ve joined us. Lemmy.zip might not replace what was lost, but we hope it can become a lemmy instance where you can feel at home.

Everyone should receive a welcome PM when they sign up to Lemmy.zip from the ~~ever-present dark lord overseer~~ friendly bot, ZippyBot. However, in case poor Zippy has been overworked and forgotten to send the PM to you, here's some helpful information regarding Lemmy.zip!

  • All of our policies can be found at legal.lemmy.zip. This includes our Code of Conduct. Please (please!) have a read of this. Our number 1 rule is Remember the human! (no harassment, threats, etc.). We absolutely adhere to this. Treat people with respect.

  • When you created your account, we set up some "Default Blocks". If you want a more unfiltered Lemmy experience, you can head to your account settings and remove the blocks. You can read more about this in our Welcome Post

  • We have monthly updates! You can read the latest one here!. We're always open to suggestions if there's anything else you'd like to see in these.

  • We have some metrics around federation for the curious among you. The link is in the sidebar or you can click here!

  • We have our status page at status.lemmy.zip. In the unlikely event the server becomes sentient and starts a robot uprising, full details will be available here.

Finally, your admin team is myself (Demigodrick), Sami, Druid, and Gazby. Please reach out to any of us if you feel you need help or support with anything. We also have a support email - hello@lemmy.zip.

If you have any questions, please let us know and we'll do our best to answer them.

Thanks,

The Lemmy.zip Admin Team

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[–] Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Just pinning this - we are getting a little battered by people importing their data from lemm.ee.

If you get a timeout or a rate limit error, please try using a VPN to upload it 😊

If this doesn't work, feel free to shoot us a PM or let us know!

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[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Glad to be here. Thanks for welcoming us lemm.ee refugees.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

no doubt ✨

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Welcome to the best instance on the fediverse! I am totally not biased!

[–] Peacock@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for the prompt application approval and warm welcome.

Any chance you could share how many new sign-ups you've seen since the lemm.ee announcement? Just curious, no worries if you can't.

[–] Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think in the region of 150 to 200. For us, thats quite a few :)

[–] lyn@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It was crazy how fast my application was approved in just two minutes, kudos for staying on top of it all!

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

A day off will do that to you sometimes :D Welcome :)

[–] Peacock@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

For us, thats quite a few :)

Figured as much given this announcement. Thanks!

[–] SpaceCheeseWizard@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lemm.ee shutting down was so unexpected for me, thank you everyone involved in taking us in.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Welcome - I am immediately jealous of your handle 😅

[–] SpaceCheeseWizard@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Thank you! Glad you like my name, and happy to be here.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 months ago

Great message !

[–] scytale@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks for welcoming us lemm.ee refugees! I picked lemmy.zip because of how similar both instances are managed. Sad to see .ee go, but happy to be here!

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

More the merrier* :)

*As many as we can handle, at least!

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

For all the newcomers, Demigodrick & co do a fantastic job of looking after us all in our little corner.

For UK users, you may be better off at feddit.uk though. This instance has opted to geoblock UK (on browsers at least - apps and instance federation currently unaffected) due to the requirements of the OSA. Worth a mention.

I keep an alt on feddit.uk but still use this as my main. Where allowed, it is good practice to keep an alt elsewhere and occasionally copy your community subscriptions over to it. Saves a lot of time and panic if a lemm.ee situation arises again.

Oh, and welcome!

[–] skooma_king@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Quick question before I apply for an account:

How does this instance feel about pineapple on pizza?

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hard no from me personally, same with anchovies. If forced to choose, pineapple is the lesser evil of the two.

But if I'm not eating it, it's not my business really.

[–] skooma_king@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I’m not a huge fan, but a friend recently ordered a pizza with pepperoni, jalapeños, spicy tomato sauce, and pineapple, and it was actually pretty good.

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[–] tomcatt360@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think it's fantastic. Fun fact: the one thing that all playable Overwatch heros have in common is that they enjoy pineapple on pizza.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Do Bastion eat

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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

The sweetness of cooked pineapple goes really well with the sourness of the sauce. Love it.

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[–] monocles@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the warm welcome. Sad to see ee go, but look forward to taking part in this instance.

[–] Tower@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Another lemm.eefuge here. Thanks for the warm welcome.

[–] Dryenful@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Another lemm.ee refugee here (even if I'm a lurker), thanks for welcoming us! <3

[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Out of curiosity, is there a way to see the communities included in the default blocks? I must have registered here before those were introduced, as I don't have them.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They are instance blocks for hexbear.net and lemmygrad.ml.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Ohh, that's what it is. i had that two blocked and many more community before i migrate my account so am a bit unclear what it is.

[–] Lumun@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was surprised to see that too, as i don't remember that from our previous defed discussions. Maybe I missed it. Since they're just default, must not have been implemented when out accounts were created

[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I like that it's done that way rather than by defederating, as it lets each user decide, as opposed to someone having decided for them with no way to change that.

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[–] Ashtear@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hey, thanks for welcoming us in.

I'm having a little trouble on-boarding. Anytime I try to import my settings via JSON in the Import/Export Settings box, I get the following error: "Please wait a few minutes before trying to import or export settings again." The error was thrown on the first attempt and has been the same for a couple days. Happens in both Firefox and Chrome.

[–] Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hey, might be worth trying over a vpn if you have access to one, otherwise leave it with us and I'll come back to you when I have an answer :) I think we need to restart lemmy to clear rate limits due to lots of new accounts.

[–] Ashtear@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Good call, that did it. Don't know why I didn't think of that. Thanks!

Edit to add: If it helps with others, I'm US-based, VPN went through Netherlands just now.

[–] Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

No worries, glad it worked!

[–] Grimm@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

It’s weird to see Lemmy.ee shut down as that was the first instance I joined. Moving here before all this happened is a strange coincidence.

[–] almost1337@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yet another lemm.ee refugee checking in. Thank you for the warm welcome!

[–] Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Hey, welcome along :)

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

we set up some "Default Blocks".

:(

anyways, gl to the lemmee refugees

[–] Lumun@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I had the same reaction. .zip had some votes on this in the past and didn't defed from HB at that time so I guess this is a later compromise? My opinion is that a "disable to unblock" option is much closer to defederation than not. .ee wasn't defederated from you either, right?

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[–] fievel@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Thank you for the welcome. I chose lemmy.zip because the policy regarding defederation pleased me and the monthly update on the status of the server was great info.

I hope this instance last a bit longer than my two previous ones (vlemmy.net which disappeared overnight, then lemm.ee).

One small detail about your sidebar, you have alternative UI, that's a great plus. I would just name the software project running it next to the URL and Photon (m.lemmy.zip) is described as a mobile centric UI but it works great also on desktop (personally it's my UI of choice on desktop).

[–] clot27@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Thank you! Happy to be here😉

[–] Nelots@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad to be here tbh. I considered moving to either here or blahaj a few times just to get away from the biggest instances, but I had no issues with lemm.ee so I never did in the end. But here's my push I guess!

[–] Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Hey, welcome :)

[–] wols@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Can we have a list of the default blocks (perhaps divided into political vs NSFW)? I have dozens of my own blocks which I had already imported before knowing you added some by default.

[–] Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Hey, welcome along! I've updated the post to include them but its currently hexbear and lemmygrad that get blocked on account creation.

[–] ulu_mulu@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Thank you so much for the warm welcome!!

Lemm.ee was really a fantastic place, while losing it is heartbreaking to me, I fully understand the admin team reasons and I wish them all the best in their lives and future endeavors.

I can never thank them enough for what they've done for us, I hope they'll see this thread.

I chose Lemmy.zip because it seemed to me the most similar in policies and moderation, I'll do my best to make it my new home :)

[–] Lumun@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Welcome everyone! .zip has an amazing admin team and excellent monthly updates. I landed here pretty fast after leaving R and have never felt any reason to set up an account anywhere else. If you like it after a few months, you should donate - I imagine a few hundred more active users might be some increase to resource needs.

[–] Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah donations are an important point - the server is coping with the current levels of traffic, but its certainly not thriving! If we are lucky enough to be chosen by a majority of .ee, we will definitely need to consider an upgrade or additional hardware.

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[–] Sagan@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Thank you for the warm welcome and the very quick approval!

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