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Welcome!

Due the recent high amount of users coming over from Reddit, many of the existing large Lemmy instances have been struggling to keep up. This instance was created to help spread out the load on the Lemmy network. Lemmy newbies are welcome here.

The goal for lemm.ee is to provide a home Lemmy instance for anybody that needs one. That means that you are more than welcome here even if you mostly intend to just interact with other instances rather than this one!

Note: if you want to start up a new community here, but the name is already taken by an inactive community, then don't worry! Inactive communities can be transferred to new moderators. Please follow the steps outlined in our FAQ under the "How can I take over an inactive community" section.

What is Lemmy?

Lemmy is a federated link aggregator. This image explains it pretty well! In general, the fact that it's "federated" just means that it works much like e-mail - in the same way as a Gmail user can send e-mails to iCloud Mail users or Outlook users, a lemm.ee user is able to participate in communities on many different Lemmy instances. Regardless of which Lemmy instance your account lives on, you are a part of the federated network and can interact with other users from other instances, so this instance is as good of a place as any other to get started with Lemmy.

If you have any further questions about Lemmy, please check out our guide/FAQ!

About lemm.ee (this instance)

lemm.ee is intended to be a serious long-term instance, not just some random experiment.

You can always find the most up to date rules and general info about lemm.ee in the sidebar on our front page. If you want to know more about how this instance is run, you can check our administration and federation policy.


For some technical background, this instance is operated following industry best practices:

  • Our infrastructure is robust and has been built up with redundancy and recoverability in mind
  • The servers are running in the cloud (this is not some bedroom server situation!)
  • All of the infrastructure is described declaratively as code, which allows relatively quick and safe changes to any part of our infrastructure whenever necessary
  • Our entire database is backed up constantly, so in the worst case, we can always restore our data

A significant chunk of funding for this infrastructure comes directly from our amazing community. This support is essential to help secure our future. These supporters deserve the gratitude of all lemm.ee users!

You can read more details about how our instance is funded on this GitHub sponsorships page. There is also a Ko-Fi donations page as a back-up.


If it sounds like lemm.ee might be the right instance for you, then you are welcome to join us!

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[โ€“] sgbrain7@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

I don't know what to type but hi ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[โ€“] shibby@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Hey y'all. Reddit refugee here.. Excited to be a part of Lemmy! Still a bit confused about account creation.. Is it better to create different usernames for each Instances? I seem to be able to reuse the username on different instances that I have logged into. Doesn't this risk identity theft?

[โ€“] OhTheMoose@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Think of it like an email address: you might have shibby@gmail, but someone else happened to get shibby@hotmail. Or like unique identifiers on like battle.net or discord (though those are going away); you make your account and they give you a random number (shibby#24680), and someone else wants the same name and they get shibby#13579.

It's pretty unlikely for someone to try to impersonate you, but if they are, I'm sure there's someone you can contact about it.

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[โ€“] Gomiyboy@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Have been a Reddit user since 2009. Has been difficult to make the transition. You get complacinet as you get older. I was never a big contributor but this seems like a solid alternative

[โ€“] punishmytoilet@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Still trying to wrap my head around Lemmy, but I appreciate the server!

[โ€“] Petter1@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn, new life ๐Ÿฅณ

After lemmy got unusable through lemmy.world (No offense, but half my API calls never get answered)๐Ÿ˜…

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[โ€“] Kalkapo@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Already the best instance since I can actually log into it!

[โ€“] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Is Lemm.ee broken? Such low visibility, activity, it feels dead. Something is not jiving.

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[โ€“] jazzy_jeremy@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

reddit refugee, thank you thank you

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[โ€“] simple@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Feels super stable coming in from lemmy.world being hugged to death. Thanks for your hard work!

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[โ€“] The_Wandering_Bard@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Just started exploring the Fediverse (Mastodon first as an exile from the 'bird that's no longer a bird' app and thought I'd have a look at Lemmy too. So far I must say I'm really enjoying them both!

[โ€“] thomasb2k@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Happy to be here, thanks for hosting it! This is much more performant than lemmy.world.

[โ€“] tiny_tina_@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Goodbye Reddit, hello LEMM.EE

[โ€“] Thimsnaic@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Sync refugee here, it's lovely to see how nice everyone is on here. It'll take some getting used to but so far I'm enjoying it

[โ€“] CandyRushSweetest@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Finally, something similar to Reddit that isn't the worst on the planet and is actually open source!!! I also like the layout! I feel like I'm supporting something better!

[โ€“] yippy@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Is there anyways to stop the "all" tab from updating? It sucks to lose a thread when it updates with a bunch of posts.

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[โ€“] dan@upvote.au 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nice work!

I was very close to buying the lemm.ee domain last week! I'm glad you got it and could put it to good use. I ended up going with a different domain (upvote.au) for my instance instead.

[โ€“] mahhkk@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Take an upvote for upvote.au ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] Mr_Peartree@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Thank you for setting this up. Reddit refugee and looking to stick with Lemmy for now on. This gives me the great Digg migration vibes :)

[โ€“] Squire1039@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Whatever you are doing, you're doing an incredible job at optimizing the instance. You are faster than my closest instances despite being half the world away. Thanks!

[โ€“] underwire212@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yet another reddit refugee. Thanks so much for setting this up. Going to try and get as many people as I can to make the switch over from reddit!

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[โ€“] The1Morrigan@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Looks like I joined the right place finally. Been looking for a good community since reddit killed itself.

[โ€“] Variden3301@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Another Reddit refugee. I always feel facinated when discovering open source alternatives to things I use. Thank you!!

[โ€“] socialjeffwarrior@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How do I remove this pinned post from my feed?

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[โ€“] clementineholic@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Another reddit refugee here! Although my preferred reddit app, Infinity, is still working at the moment, I no longer want to use reddit as my frontpage of the internet due to the actions & attitude of spez towards the users, mods, and 3rd party developers. I'm thrilled to be here at Lemmy. Thank you so much for hosting this instance! I will become a sponsor if I can.

[โ€“] SocialSmartly@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

using this now

[โ€“] Lurra@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Hey there, I'm just another refugee from Reddit with no tech skills. Fumbled a bit trying to figure out this site, I'll begin to learn now that I was able to create an account, all thanks to you โœŒ๏ธ

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[โ€“] EternalExplorer@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately, my previous instance has had some issues with stability and database corruption repeatedly. Lost posts, subscriptions etc. I am here now due to the similar federation policy, which I believe is the right one. The performance is also great. Very promising!

[โ€“] FairoRa@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

WefWef seemingly filling the void that Apollo left me. Looking forward to see what Lemm.ee can do.

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[โ€“] dcatdemon@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

I'm a reddit refugee and after looking at lemmy instances to join for a week, I've settled on this because I like the admin policies and self regulation of content. Thank you for setting this up for everyone.

[โ€“] wtry@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Guess I'm a refugee

[โ€“] kratoz29@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just created my account here, my main account is from Lemmy.world, but as it is a good thing to spread on the Fediverse (and also Lemmy.world is struggling to keep alive because of diverse reasons) I created an account in another instance and this one.

My biggest concern right now is the .ee domain, wouldn't this be a problem for not that popular domains to end up like lemmy.fmhy.ml did?

I mean, it seems like a very unusual scenario, but yet I could never see this happening to .com or .net domains.

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[โ€“] 30isthenew29@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When you delete a comment, can you also remove your username from that comment? I deleted some comments and it still showed my username on my end. Checked here in this topic if someone deleted their comment and someone has, but you can still see his/her username.

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