• ErinCrush@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    Oh fuck it. I think I’ll just stop using Lemmy when this instance shuts down. This is the part of the fediverse that really sucks. All the comments, saved posts etc are gone because why? A couple of guys couldn’t handle a few troll messages? Sorry, if we want an independent site, away from the hands of venture capitalists, you’re gonna have to tough it out and deal with a few nasty messages.

    • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      Instead of acting like an entitled brat, why don’t you go start your own instance. Shouldn’t be too hard, just some little technical know how and few bucks a month. Should be a small price to pay to escape venture capitalists. If you can’t handle it then too bad, just tough it out.

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      3 days ago

      A couple of guys couldn’t handle a few troll messages? Sorry, if we want an independent site, away from the hands of venture capitalists, you’re gonna have to tough it out and deal with a few nasty messages.

      No they aren’t. Clearly they don’t have to, as they are in fact shutting the instance.

      They’re providing a service, as volunteers, for free, and asking nothing in return. By definition they get to set the terms on which they do that, and it is astonishingly selfish for you to expect them to do so under conditions that are clearly untenable, and blame them for this outcome when they cannot continue.

      No. If you want an independent site, away from the hands of venture capitalists, you should’ve stepped up and volunteered to admin when they needed help.

    • Lemminary@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I think posts and comments will stay saved on other federated servers. It’d be weird and would probably break things if the entire server’s activity gets scrubbed.

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      3 days ago

      If you’re talking about the saved comments and posts on your account, doing the data export comes with a JSON list of all the posts and comments you’ve saved

    • MrSmith@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I think I’ll just stop using Lemmy when this instance shuts down

      …and nothing of value will be lost.