vlemmy is still “up” and intermittently accessible. It is running slow as hell, PLEASE DO NOT VISIT THE INSTANCE as it will likely only slow things down more and make it inaccessible again.
Stripe, Librepay, and Github accounts are all closed. Closure date unknown
Reddit account still exists and has been messaged
No mentions of the instance in Element.io chats but still searching
They have almost certainly NOT lost their domain. Who.is historical records show no ownership or nameserver changes.
I have some minor personal details I’ve found that I’ll be deep driving on later, but it’s 1AM EST. I’m heading to bed but will continue on the investigation around 9AM EST.
Update 1PM EST July 9th:
Hi all, I’m working through about 40 different potential leads right now.
Although I need some help! Specifically, I need people who have viewed [email protected] to check their browser cache for this image:
There is actually! Going to look for the link and edit when I find it butthere’s a simple pc tool that lets you download and upload all your subs and blocks in two clicks
In addition to the other suggestions, I have just published lemmy2opml which allows you to export your subscribed communities to an OPML file. You can then import that file to a different account.
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Is there an easy way to ”backup” your subscriptions so that migrating to another instance is less cumbersome?
There is actually!
Going to look for the link and edit when I find it butthere’s a simple pc tool that lets you download and upload all your subs and blocks in two clicksThere’s also a python script for it
Is there a way to do so on a phone?
In addition to the other suggestions, I have just published lemmy2opml which allows you to export your subscribed communities to an OPML file. You can then import that file to a different account.