What Happened to lemmy.fmhy.ml? What Happens if an Instance Disappears?

I was originally signed up on lemmy.fmhy.ml, but about a day ago the site went out or something. Now I can’t log in to my original account.

Is there a way for me to at least retrieve my subscribed community list?

  • TheWoozy@dmv.social
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    1 year ago

    That’s where I signed up too. I’m going to give them a few more days before I give up on them.

    I’d also like to know how to export my community subscriptions.

        • deafboy@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Both lemmy.fmhy.ml and lemmy.ml are still up. It’s just the DNS record that’s gone.

          You can point those domains to the correct IP by editing your hosts file.

          • On windows it’s located in C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
          • On mac, in /private/etc/hosts
          • On linux, in /etc/hosts

          Add the following to the bottom:

          188.114.96.12 lemmy.fmhy.ml
          54.36.178.108 lemmy.ml
          

          This is a temporary workaround. The federation is probably screwed anyway, so there’s no point in posting any new content there, but it’s good enough to back up your subscriptions or posts.