The sun is shining. The leaves are blossoming. Sheep skip happily across the fields.
It is April, my friends.
Server Updates
Thank you to those who took part in my little button experiment - I didn’t expect it to go quite so well, and have decided there will be a season 2 of The Button. You can follow along in the new The Button community - !thebutton@lemmy.zip
Piefed.zip has a new admin! Please say hello (and thank you!) to INeedMana who has kindly joined the team to help out with keeping the place clean and tidy!
Lemmy.zip has seen two updates this month, versions 0.19.16 and 0.19.17. These have been smaller updates, while we wait on the 1.0 release to come!
Please Don’t Be a Lurker!
If you’re new here - WELCOME! I hope you’re enjoying your time here :)
Just one small teeny-tiny request. The greatest gift you can give Lemmy.zip and Piefed.zip isn’t money, praise, or a signed copy of your self-published autobiography… maybe. Its participation.
Upvote the things you like. Start a discussion, debate, or ponder about whether cereal is technically a soup. Make new communities if you don’t see one that fits your oddly specific niche obsession. (We don’t judge. Well, we try not to judge anyway.)
The fediverse naturally ebbs and flows, tides of people come and go. But if you’ve found yourself oddly attached to this strange little corner of the internet? Wonderful. Help it breathe. Help it grow. Help it be just a tiny bit weirder in the best possible way.
So if you’ve gone to the effort of clicking Sign Up and proving you’re not a robot (unless you are, in which case hello and welcome to our new AI overlords), then please, I beg of you:
Stick around. Add your voice. It really does make this place better.
Donations
Want to support us? We have a range of donation options to suit you!
Liberpay (Card, Paypal)
Liberpay is our newest donation method. You can donate with Paypal or with a card. The link is https://liberapay.com/dotzip
OpenCollective (Card)
Our classic donation option, but only supports card payments. The link is https://opencollective.com/lemmyzip
If you’re enjoying Lemmy.zip or Piefed.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 sites and keeping the virtual lights on.
Ko-Fi (Card, Paypal)
We also have our Ko-Fi page if you’d rather use this site, which also supports Paypal and Card payments.
Thank you!
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! (I am a little behind with this sorry but I will update it soon!)
Operation Epic Graphing
Piefed.zip
For Piefed, we only store data for 7 days rather than 30 (because historically we had less storage space on the server) so all graphs are 7 days unless otherwise stated.
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Well that’s all for now. Take care all and I’ll be back in May for some more graphs and all the updates :)
Thanks all
Demigodrick
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I’ve been getting a lot of 502 and 503 “Lemmy is currently starting” messages recently. Is it something you’re doing intentionally, or is a service crashing and restarting?
Likely related to this issue here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/6427
Something introduced in 0.19.16 is causing the server to restart. We can go 12+ hours with no problems, then 10 restarts in 3 hours. Seemingly random, but hopefully with the devs on it we can get a resolution.
Damn. At least it’s easy to recover from.
Woah, I didn’t know user numbers were that high, that’s awesome! Also the button was fun, really looking forward to the next one.
Welcome @INeedMana@piefed.zip ! Thank you for your efforts! And you as well @demigodrick@lemmy.zip as always
A beautifully crafted update as always, thanks!
@INeedMana@Piefed.zip Congratulations on the new position and thank you for your service!
Thank you, as always
Thanks for everything and more!
Just had to let you know though, that when I read your username, instead of Demigod Rick, I read it Demi Godrick, with a Godrick being akin to a Baldrick.
Okay carry on.
Thank you all for the continued home away from home and thank you, @INeedMana@piefed.zip
Finland as #2 is wild. Thanks for supporting us!
Which will come first, Lemmy 1.0 release or my work unblocking piefed.zip?
What’s the deal with unblocking?
Some workplaces block .zip domains
Has anything changed lately in terms of VPN traffic? I’ve noticed issues with voyager not loading more and more lately, and I don’t see spotty outages like that recorded here.
Running NordVPN, btw. Totally understandable if you had have to restrict some VPN API usage due to bad actors or something, just thought I’d mention it in case it’s news.