Is it possible to adopt an abandoned Lemmy instance?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Lesovikk@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨support@lemmy.world⁩

Just what the title says. There is one of interest I’d like to take, given the level of inactivity.

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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
sure. just convince the instance admin to hand over the hosting account and domain ownership.

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finitebanjo@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
A while back hexbear got into a bidding war over their own domain because somebody forgot to pay the bill.

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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Depends on the instance.

I did it for !eldenring@lemmy.world by just messaging the admins because the og mod just parked it and fucked off.

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jeena@piefed.jeena.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
A instance runs on a server which has to be played and has a domain associated with it which also needs to be played.

So the owner would need to transfer all files to you and the domain so you can host it.

If that instance doesn’t host popular communities or hosts a lot of users it’s just much easier to create a new instance.

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