FMHY instance keeps going down

AphoticDev , 11 months ago

It’s going to be down for longer than that. They’ve already said they are attempting to migrate all data to a new domain.

hellequin67 , 11 months ago

This explains the downtime.

big_salad , 11 months ago

Thank you! Been having trouble finding the details.

gizzle OP , 11 months ago

So is FMHY still accessible on other instances?

cakeistheanswer , 11 months ago

Believe this is cached copies held by your local instance. When federation drops you can still see comments proliferate between anyone federated with you also on the outside, just like with beehaw.

Not an expert so I hope someone corrects me if I’m wrong.

baduhai , 11 months ago

Check !fediverse for more information, but the tldr is; Mali is forcibly taking back .ml domain. Lemmy.ml is likely in danger too.

user224 , 11 months ago

I heard it isn’t. Or at least not as much, because lemmy.ml is a paid domain.

godless , 11 months ago

Every domain is paid. But if you bought it from an authorized reseller who's authorization is revoked, you're still screwed. Mali is the true owner of all registered domains in its country.

SeeJayEmm , 11 months ago

That’s not entirely true. .ml domains we’re being given away for free.

inverimus , 11 months ago

The company giving them away is being sued.

user224 , 11 months ago

By Meta.

player2 , 11 months ago

Correct, I also read that the .ml addresses were free, but in hindsight this downtime is a bigger cost to bear than the $10/year or whatever it would cost to properly pay for a domain.

ArcaneSlime , 11 months ago

Wait, this can’t be, because the current line is that .ml doesn’t stand for “marxist-leninist” as they claimed 2y ago, instead now in a post by desantis or desalinator (whatever his name is) it says they chose .ml because it was “free” and “buying them [domains] feels like acquiescing to the digital enclosure of the commons.”

So, is it free or paid?