I’m not disputing that it’s desirable to acquire the server and perpetuate it over starting a new one, my point is only that the admin no longer being able to hold up the burden is hardly an act of spite.
And “fuck yourselves” is explicitly how several websites I care about have disappeared.
Okay, but as I said, that’s hardly the tone or implication here.
Oh sure, that’s why the announcement is about looking for someone to take over. Can you imagine if the admin simply announced a definitive end because they stopped giving a shit?
Oh sure, that’s why the announcement is about looking for someone to take over.
Most people would not presume that there’s someone waiting in the wings willing to take up a thankless job and pay a regular fee for the privilege over a small hobby project.
No one running this software thinks they’re the last person who’ll ever bother. They got into it figuring it was a sensible protocol and they only bail once they cannot be arsed to moderate all the people who show up.
Surely the fediverse is better-off letting some existing userbase soldier on, under whoever constitutes new management, than destroying any existing instance and expecting a fresh spate of randos to show up.
I’m not disputing that it’s desirable to acquire the server and perpetuate it over starting a new one, my point is only that the admin no longer being able to hold up the burden is hardly an act of spite.
Okay, but as I said, that’s hardly the tone or implication here.
Oh sure, that’s why the announcement is about looking for someone to take over. Can you imagine if the admin simply announced a definitive end because they stopped giving a shit?
Most people would not presume that there’s someone waiting in the wings willing to take up a thankless job and pay a regular fee for the privilege over a small hobby project.
There’s gonna be more Lemmy servers.
No one running this software thinks they’re the last person who’ll ever bother. They got into it figuring it was a sensible protocol and they only bail once they cannot be arsed to moderate all the people who show up.
Surely the fediverse is better-off letting some existing userbase soldier on, under whoever constitutes new management, than destroying any existing instance and expecting a fresh spate of randos to show up.