submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by rcmaehl@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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What I know so far:

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 !kerbalspaceprogram@vlemmy.net to check their browser cache for this image:

https://vlemmy.net/pictrs/image/928b2f95-a37c-4e94-bd70-bc014c8655d4.jpeg

You can do so using one of the following NIrsoft tools:

Chrome: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/chrome_cache_view.html
Safari: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/safari_cache_view.html
Opera: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/opera_cache_view.html
IE / Firefox / Misc: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/image_cache_viewer.html

I'm hoping since it's a historic image linked to their internet presence that it might generate specific leads.

I'll update more as things progress.

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[-] iso@lemy.lol 0 points 1 year ago

Stripe, Librepay, and Github accounts are all closed.

If this is the case, then it looks like they abandoned it.

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 1 year ago

And people wonder why users flocked to lemmy.world with it's established, well known admin instead of "just dispersing onto smaller random instances to take advantage of the features of the Fediverse".

Look I like decentralisation as much as the next guy but most people can't or don't have the time to research the trustworthiness of their local instance and its admin team before signing up.

We don't want to put everything in one place, especially seeing as many are still waiting on Ruuds stance on Meta/Threads, bit there is something to be said for a big, reliable general purpose instance to help onboarding.

[-] iso@lemy.lol -1 points 1 year ago

But if they really abandoned it as I said, then this is a stupidity of the admin. There will always be people to take over the instance. Why would you directly abandon 3.5k users? Like I'm hosting a instance with only 5 people in, I would never abandon it without notice. It should have been established from start I guess.

All I said above are valid if admin really abandoned it BTW.

[-] DaaftRaaft@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

Is there an easy way to ”backup” your subscriptions so that migrating to another instance is less cumbersome?

[-] esty@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is actually! ~~Going to look for the link and edit when I find it but~~ there’s a simple pc tool that lets you download and upload all your subs and blocks in two clicks

There’s also a python script for it