What Happened to lemmy.fmhy.ml? What Happens if an Instance Disappears?
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?
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There is this GUI app called lasim. Download it, run it, export the data to json. But, the instance has to be online in order to do this.
!plugins@sh.itjust.works
https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim
the problem is the instance (lemmy.fmhy.ml) is still down.
I'm not sure if fmhy.net has the same data.
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:
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.
Hell, having the IPs is sufficient enough, no need for the hosts hack.