Hey! Have you subscribed to the community? When i look, it appears there are no lemmy.zip subscribers there, and Lemmy won't share any updates in communities with no subscribers, so I'd say make sure you hit the subscribe button and then check again a little while later.
Demigodrick
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There are additional costs that aren't factored in (although they're not specifically lemmy, and I pay for them myself rather than use donations) such as a very cheap vps for our status.lemmy.zip page and i got a 3 year deal for an external email provider for less than some email providers wanted a month.
Our server is the same one feddit.uk use (a hetzner auction server) although lemmy.zips I think was a touch more expensive per month. But it's got a lot of room for growth.
Also we now host all our backups offside too, which adds a little on top. I'll probably cover this in the next server update.
No, not them visiting their own instance for example.
What I think this is made up of is the activities created by users on other instances, i.e. if someone makes a comment on their own instance but we're federated with it, we get a copy of that activity and that counts towards this traffic.
I don't know what's happening in Hong Kong, but lemmy.world and lemm.ee and some others are hosted in Finland (as is Lemmy.zip now!) because of Hetzner, so that's where we get most of our traffic from
I hope Lemmy.zip is a good home for the community :)
I did! 😅 And thank you :)
Thank you, thats very kind ❤️
Hmm, I can't say I've seen this issue before, but I would always recommend starting with clearing cookies/site data and see if the issue goes away (it will log you out, be warned!). There hasn't been any lemmy updates for a while so I dont think anything on the server will be causing it (although could be entirely wrong!)
Thank you! :)
I'm glad people still enjoy them :)
Hi All!
Welcome to another monthly Lemmy.zip server update!
I have been increasingly busy in "real life" so haven't had much time to dedicate to Lemmy.zip recently (I got married!) however things are calming down now and I'm able to spend a bit more time keeping an eye on things. I had a few messages/requests and I think I've responded to them all, but let me know if I've missed anything.
Communities
Take a look at these new communities. If you enjoy them, give them a subscribe :)
There are also some existing communities that are looking for mods. Fancy trying out being a mod with a pre-existing community? Now is your chance!
PS - I finally have some time to start clearing up old/unused communities - I will be PM'ing mods soon!
Server Updates
It's been a little while since my last update so I'll go over some of the things that have happened or are happening:
We had a great Canvas event again, with the Lemmy.zip logo once again being lovingly recreated, and a few of our community's logos popping up, including the amazing SquaredCircle logo too!
You can see more on the completed Canvas here.
Did you know - we have a public dashboard showing all of our up to date federation/server data? You can check it out here!
Given some of the recent wider fediverse moderation issues/drama that has happened recently, I thought it might be sensible to confirm our position on moderation and how we decide what actions we take. We're not a massive instance, and we do get very few issues deriving from Lemmy.zip thankfully (I know moderators on larger instances probably have a trickier time of it), however our aim is not to interfere, silence, or in any way censor our communities, as long as the content is legal (in the UK/EU specifically, as that's where we're hosted) and it isn't going to cause harm to someone. You can see our full set of policies on our legal site - if you think something isn't clear enough or is missing, let me know and I will update/add it!
I'm also not usually one for podcasts, but I did stumble across this podcast on spotify that in the latest episode talks a bit about moderation in the wider Fediverse (more mastodon leaning, but the points I thought were interesting given the different ways servers are run). I am not one for mass block lists, we take each server as it interacts with us. Anyway if you're interested in that sort of thing, then I would recommend taking a listen - It's called DotSocial if you want to have a look on other platforms.
Finally, the Status Page has had a bit of a tidy up and now lists each frontend for clarity. I'm happy with the current set of frontends, but if you see one being used elsewhere you think we could host, let me know!
Interaction reminder (help support the instance!)
If you’re new to Lemmy.zip - WELCOME! I hope you’re enjoying your time here :)
I am sure that long term readers are bored of reading this now, but it is really is true that the easiest way you can support Lemmy.zip is to actively engage with content here: upvoting content you enjoy, sharing your thoughts through posts and comments, sparking meaningful discussions, or even creating new communities that resonate with your interests.
It’s natural to see fluctuations in user activity over time, and we’ve seen this over the wider lemmy-verse for some time now. However, if you’ve found a home here and love this space, now is the perfect opportunity to help us thrive.
If you want to support us in a different way than financially, then actively interacting with the instance helps us out loads.
If you've gone to the trouble of creating an account, then come and be part of the Fediverse! Please don't be a lurker! :)
Donations
Lemmy.zip only continues to exist because of the generous donations of its users. The operating cost of Lemmy.zip is over 50 euros a month ($54, £43) and is mostly funded by the community!
We keep all the details around donations on our OpenCollective page, with full transparency around income and expenditure.
If you're enjoying Lemmy.zip, please check out the OpenCollective page, we have a selection of one-off or recurring donation options. All funds go directly to hosting the site and keeping the virtual lights on.
We've also put up a link to our Ko-Fi page where you can donate via paypal instead of using a card. All Ko-Fi donations will be totalled up and added to OpenCollective each month for transparency. I've added a link in the sidebar, but you can also click the image below to go there:
We continue to have some really kind and generous donators and I can't express my thanks enough. You can see all the kind donators in the Thank You thread - you could get your name in there too!
Graphs n' stats n' stuff
Pretty graph time:
CPU usage over the last 30 days:
Memory (RAM) usage over the last 30 days:
Disk space use:
Image storage:
Cloudflare overall stats:
Requests:
Bandwidth:
Unique visitors:
Top country taffic:
That's it from me this month, I'll probably also miss the next one of these too covering September as I'll be in a much hotter country than the UK at the end of the month for a holiday, but will try to play catch up when I'm back.
As always, if I've missed anything or there is something you'd like to see added to these, let me know! I'm always open to adding more to this.
Cheers,
Demigodrick
Having played a fair bit of ESO on steam deck I have no idea what you mean. OK it's not gonna run 120fps in 4k but it certainly ran fine.
Apparently meant to be a brand new idea
Hi all,
Welcome to the July edition of the server update! Let's take a look at how things went in June and might go in July.
Communities
Take a look at these new communities. If you enjoy them, give them a subscribe :)
There are also some existing communities that are looking for mods. Fancy trying out being a mod with a pre-existing community? Now is your chance!
Server Updates
Since the last update, we upgraded Lemmy to versions 0.19.4, then version 0.19.5 which fixed a few UI bugs. There is still a known issue with code blocks (text that looks like this) where if you're on the default theme on the website, the text displays with a white background. There should be a fix for this in 0.19.6.
The next Canvas event starts on Friday July 12th - we'll make a post with the details about this a bit closer to the time. Last year was great, the Lemmy.zip logo looked great on the board!
I'm thinking about adding another Admin or two to Lemmy.zip, with a focus on content creation and engagement. The time I have to dedicate to the site is rapidly decreasing, so if you're interested, drop me a message here or on matrix and we can have a chat!
Interaction reminder (help support the instance!)
If you’re new to Lemmy.zip - WELCOME! I hope you’re enjoying your time here :)
I am sure that long term readers are bored of reading this now, but it is really is true that the easiest way you can support Lemmy.zip is to actively engage with content here: upvoting content you enjoy, sharing your thoughts through posts and comments, sparking meaningful discussions, or even creating new communities that resonate with your interests.
It’s natural to see fluctuations in user activity over time, and we’ve seen this over the wider lemmy-verse for some time now. However, if you’ve found a home here and love this space, now is the perfect opportunity to help us thrive.
If you want to support us in a different way than financially, then actively interacting with the instance helps us out loads.
Please don't be a lurker! :)
Donations
Lemmy.zip only continues to exist because of the generous donations of its users. The operating cost of Lemmy.zip is over 50 euros a month ($54, £43) and is mostly funded by the community!
We keep all the details around donations on our OpenCollective page, with full transparency around income and expenditure.
If you're enjoying Lemmy.zip, please check out the OpenCollective page, we have a selection of one-off or recurring donation options. All funds go directly to hosting the site and keeping the virtual lights on.
We've also put up a link to our Ko-Fi page where you can donate via paypal instead of using a card. All Ko-Fi donations will be totalled up and added to OpenCollective each month for transparency. I've added a link in the sidebar, but you can also click the image below to go there:
We continue to have some really kind and generous donators and I can't express my thanks enough. You can see all the kind donators in the Thank You thread - you could get your name in there too!
Graph time!
Here's some screenshots to show the performance of the server over the last 30 days:
RAM usage:
Image storage:
Cloudflare overview:
Requests:
Bandwidth:
Unique visitors:
Worldwide traffic:
That's it for now - as always, let me know if you have any questions or there any other metrics you want to see!
Cheers
Demigodrick
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Yeah its a good shout - its just a bit expensive for what we can afford vs donations. Its not my area of expertise by a long shot, but I'd love to get there. Lemmy already supports this, just a case of getting the infrastructure to do it.