Hi all, sorry for a lack of updates but there’s been a lot going on behind the scenes and events moved rather rapidly.
I recently posted that we were going to have to move to another instance because our only Admin was missing and problems looked to be piling up.
Fortunately, Tom dropped me a line the other day and he has updated the instance and made GreatAlbatross and myself Admins.
So the immediate crisis has been averted and we’ve fallen back to the original plan which was get more Admins in place and work to ensure there’s no single point of failure, so any one of us could get hit by a bus (bagsy not me) and the instance will carry on.
Soooo bear with us while we thrash out the details of what else needs doing to ensure the continuity of the instance and while I figure out what all the new buttons do (hopefully not by mashing them all at once just to see what happens).
In the meantime there are likely problems that need fixing. I know, for example, that some are still having email verification problems and have been waiting a while, so I’ll figure out how to resolve this and work through the pinned post here. If you have this problem then post there and we’ll get it sorted.
If there are any other issues you want to flag up for attention then you can do so here or contact one of the new admins.
And, finally, thanks to everyone for their enthusiasm for this instance in the other thread and elsewhere, if the folks on here hadn’t formed a great community that they felt was worth the time and effort to save we wouldn’t be here now with the future looking more secure. Tom built the house but you all made it a home. So carry on…
edit 1: I’ll keep tagging things on as I think of them. Firstly, we’ll be keeping the Matrix space - it’ll be our fallback if the server goes down and provides people with an encrypted (and private if needed) channel of communication. If you add your Matrix ID to your profile it adds a secure DMs button to your.profile, so Matrix and Lemmy are integrated to a degree.
This is the best news.
I’m relieved Tom is okay.
Thank you, great albatross and everyone else who has put so much effort into Feddit UK
This is going to be an interesting few days while we get to grips with everything, especially behind the scenes.
(Seeing site wide mod-queue is like staring into the void, I must say)As we know there were a lot of issues stacking up, I’m going to do my best to do a power day tomorrow. Any janitorial/administrative work that’s been sitting, just blow up my inbox. Or Emperor’s.
Hopefully next week we’ll start to get procedures for “I’m locked out” or “This isn’t against the rules, but I think it should be” type things.
(Seeing site wide mod-queue is like staring into the void, I must say)
I may have swore, although it’s worth noting that not all of it is on this instance (although I suppose it kinda is because of federation), so may take some sifting.
Hopefully next week we’ll start to get procedures for “I’m locked out” or “This isn’t against the rules, but I think it should be” type things.
Yes, we are open to ideas or issues but we may also be spending some time reading the manual. If there’s anything urgent then don’t be shy about it, we knew it was going to be an overwhelming few weeks we’ll sorted things out.
we are open to ideas
Ffffffff. Pint?
Now you’re talking!
Email issues are likely related to the lack of SPF and DMARC for the domain. It’s a pretty common practice to mark domains without as spam.
The NCSC had a nice tool to check and also give you feedback on how to fix the issues.
https://emailsecuritycheck.service.ncsc.gov.uk/results?domain=fddit.uk
This is high on the to-do list, though I believe SPF is already in place. (There might be a typo in your URL!)
Yes you are correct I did not notice that. Great to see that it’s in hand though.
I’m happy to hear that Tom is okay and I welcome our new admin overlords. 😁
I was worried that the new instance and transfer would possibly confuse people and we would lose them in the move but now that has been averted.
As the tacky merchandise would say: I’m on Feddit UK. We kept calm And carried on!
😆
That’s great news! Thank you so much for your work on this (and thanks to Tom and GreatAlbatross too).
Good news! Glad to hear Tom’s ok.
“bagsy not me” - fucking hell it’s probs 30+yrs since I heard that.
“Jinx 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8”
“you fell oooooooover!”
“You dropped your virgin card look”
…and other such outrageously witty schoolyard humour.
“bagsy not me”
What does it mean? I’ve never heard that before, and Google just links song.It’s like saying “Shotgun” to make yourself the ‘first’ or ‘the one’ to get - or not get - something.
Good news guys. Well done for all of your hard work.
Good news!!
Although I’m a little bit disappointed for not finding out what the new domain was.
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Note to self: always subscribe to the “instance news” community so chaos like this doesn’t pass by unnoticed.
Could you make this instance have its own baked in old reddit layout with the old.feddit domain like lemmy world and others have, instead of relying on 3rd party domains like opnxng etc?
Yes, we’ve discussed design ideas including this and it should be relatively straightforward to implement. Hopefully, there’ll be a few to choose from and we are open to suggestions about others. Keep an eye out for an announcement about it once we get everything ironed out.
Great news!
Praise be!
Thanks for the updates and the hard work. You’re doing an amazing job!
Great stuff. Good on you all for keeping this place alive.
Great news. Thanks to all involved for your efforts.
