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Seriously, what's up with big sites literally dying as we speak? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by notExactlyI20@lemmy.ml to c/technology@beehaw.org

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First all the bs with Twitter and Elon, then Reddit having an exodus to Lemmy (not complaining lol), then Twitch. Are we like, in an alternate self healing dimension or something?

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[–] Face@beehaw.org 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

On one hand, I can name sites that, in 2023, either screwed over their user base, or just went under.

Teknik (obscure file host/git repo host)
Enjin (forum host for clans/everyone and their dogs' minecraft servers, rebranded to peddle NFTs)
Imgur (currently scrubbing their servers of anonymous uploads/nsfw content)
Discord (changing their username system to a bad one)
Reddit (charging exorbitant prices for their api; $20m per year for Apollo's developer)

I have been considering a domain name to access hypothetical home servers as of late, just so I don't have to worry about shit like this.

[–] CrownCrafter@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Zippyshare went under too

[–] Viktorian@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

:O how?

[–] CrownCrafter@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

It's services were dropped a couple of weeks ago

[–] aaronbieber@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

If you're interested, I wrote about some of the things I moved to self-host on my blog; https://blog.aaronbieber.com/2022/11/20/the-rise-of-the-indie-web.html

I recommend checking out https://indieweb.org/ as well!

[–] Jeroen@lemmy.cock.social 3 points 2 years ago

Enjin has completely shut down.

[–] Valliac@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I didnt even realize Enjin went down.