Hello World!

As we’ve all known and talked about quite a lot, we previously blocked several piracy-focused communities. These communities, as announced, were:

In our removal announcement, we stated that we will continue to look into this more in detail, and re-allow these communities if and when we deem it safe. It was a solid concern at the time, because we were already receiving takedown requests as well as constant attacks, and didn’t want to put our volunteer team at risk. We had zero measures in place, and the tools we had were insufficient to deal with anything at scale.

Well, after back and forth with some very cool people, and starting to have proper measures as well as tooling to protect ourselves, we decided it’s time to welcome these communities back again. Long live the IT nerds!

We know it’s been a rough ride with everything, and we’d like to thank every one of you who were understanding of us, and stayed with us all the way. Please know that as users, you are what makes this platform what it is, and damned we be if we ever forget it.

With love, and as always, stay safe in the high seas!

Lemmy.world Team

❤️

  • Kuro@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Don’t mean to sound harsh, buts it’s too little too late for me.

    Already made the switch to lemm.ee, and the trust that something similar won’t be done in the future just isn’t there.

    • Sukkumadukku@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Oh man, not THE Kuro… Admins, what are you going to do about this? Guess it’s time to press power off on the server

      • Kuro@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        How dare someone give their opinion, right?

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        1 year ago

        That’s funny, I was thinking the same thing about you