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<b>BREAKING NEWS:</b>
mint.lgbt is shutting down. Read more <a href="/shutdown">here.</a>
SHUTDOWN AVERTED. Check out our announcement <a
href="/shutdown">here.</a>
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providing privacy-respecting FOSS services.
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The website is enhanced with optional JavaScript features
The website is enhanced with optional
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The website requires JavaScript to function
The website requires JavaScript to
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The website requires a modern browser to run on
The website requires a modern browser to
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<br>
<span id="copy">&copy;</span> 2020-2023 mint.lgbt. Licensed
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<a href="../">← Go back</a>
<h2><u>mint.lgbt is shutting down</u></h2>
<p>Hello everyone, this is Lux.</p>
<h2>UPDATE: SHUTDOWN AVERTED</h2>
<p>
After 4 years of offering services, we're announcing the permanent termination of the mint.lgbt
service provider, set to happen on August 8th, 2024. This was not an easy decision for us to
make, but we're no longer able to keep maintaining the service due to a lack of funds and time.
We'll go through our history and reasons in detail, how everything will unfold during the shutdown
process, some recommended services users can move to, and some questions we think may arise.
</p>
<h3><u>Why</u></h3>
<p>
We started back in July of 2020, when I bought the domain to start my own personal website.
I rented a very inexpensive VPS to host everything I needed. At the time I also needed to host some
additional services side-by-side. The first one was Femgit, which has become the longest running
service in the suite. After looking back at the server load, I noticed much of the VPS was going
unused, with little to no plans on adding more services on top of the existing ones. With this in mind,
I decided to open up registrations on Femgit. This gave me a bigger idea: What if that was the entire
focus of the site?
Hello everyone! Thanks for all of the feedback these past few
days. I've been talking with
people who are more experienced in these subjects. In a
nutshell: mint.lgbt is <b>NOT</b> shutting down.
</p>
<p>
Considering the TLD I had chosen, I determined, if this was to be the future for the website, it would
be to satisfy the necessities of LGBTQIA+ folk. Considering how, even to this day, queer rights are
not universally respected, privacy can be used as a huge tool for defense. Therefore, this was the focus
the project would point towards: Privacy tools for queer people.
First, I want to apologize for taking things to this point. I
should've evaluated this situation with deeper care, to
ensure whether this was the right path for the future or not.
I'll be frankly honest, right now I'm not in the best of places
financially. For a long time I thought of selling the domain as
my last resort to get cash quick in cases like this. It turns
out, I was wrong. The domain holds little to no monetary value,
because it simply isn't commercial. And while it's true that the
project is financially taxing, I've found a potential future
path that will keep the project running exactly the same if not
better, and solves our financial struggles from running it.
</p>
<p>
I caved in, and moved my own personal website to a subdomain, while rebranding the main website. Luna,
who I worked with on a previous project joined in, and ever since then we've been running the website
under this purpose. Funding was mostly left out to either donations or, if none were present, pocket
money, and we both had rather free schedules due to the high schools not being too demanding, and the
COVID-19 pandemic. The project was also welcomed in my family, helping me fund it occasionally.
We've moved already part of our infrastructure
away from our main VPS, which has been the single biggest cost
throughout the entire project's history, and into several
of our homeservers. For instance, our Matrix and XMPP servers
are running in my home, a few meters away from where I'm typing
this
announcement. The idea is to slightly bump the specs on my
homeserver
in order to move every remaining service away from our VPS and
into it. The only exception is email, which will have to be
moved to a separate VPS. However, we'll be moving away from our
current email server, and into <a
href="https://stalw.art/">Stalwart</a>, which has proven
to be pretty well optimized from my testing.
</p>
<p>
However, we're not living under the same scenarios nowadays. I'm now a college student, working with a
rather tight budget, where I'm way more limited in terms of my weekly budget. A lot of my time is spent
up studying, so I cannot continuously maintain the server. Luna cannot maintain it either, as she's not
yet in a situation with stable income either.
This, in total, reduces our yearly operating costs from $194
USD, down to $86 USD. This accounts for our domain, backups, and
server bills.
</p>
<p>
We technically could ask for donations more frequently, but that would still be essentially feeding
cash into an unsustainable project. Therefore, we determined it's best to end things here and now.
I'd like to give special thanks to <a
href="https://cadence.moe">Cadence</a>, who I
extensively talked with in order to reach this conclusion. And
thanks to everyone who has used and participated in the project.
It means a lot to me that people are interested in what I do.
I'm looking forward to keep running mint.lgbt with y'all. And if
y'all wanna help run the project, you're more than welcome! Just
<a href="malito:lux@nixgoat.me">shoot me an email</a> and we can
see what comes out of it.
</p>
<h3><u>How</u></h3>
<p>
We'll run mint.lgbt for an additional 3 months. During this time period, users are advised to export their
data and move out to another alternative. In the next section, we provide some recommended alternatives.
</p>
<p>
After this time period passes, the main VPS will be removed, and every subdomain will be null-routed. The main
website will be replaced with a shutdown notice, and the domain will be put on sale. After it is purchased,
the domain will be transferred to the next domain owner, which means we'll no longer be affiliated to whatever
project starts in this exact domain. No databases will be transferred to anyone, as to protect them from being
potentially misused.
</p>
<p>
If you didn't get your data in time, don't worry! We'll hold onto the databases privately for a while. Keep in
mind however that we can't recover data from Matrix or XMPP, since those services either store E2EE data, or
only store data for a short period of time, after which it gets wiped.
</p>
<h3><u>Where to Move</u></h3>
<p>
Here are some service providers we highly recommend, which share a lot of common philosophy with our
collective.
</p>
<li><a href="https://constellatory.net">Constellatory</a>. Hosts a Matrix homeserver, Invidious, and SearxNG. Great infrastructure</li>
<li><a href="https://besties.house">besties</a>. Another collective similar to ours. Offers a Git forge, file sharing, DNS lookup, and a Mastodon instance</li>
<li><a href="http://knotsinside.me/">knotsinside.me</a>. Offers XMPP. Has a very... um... interesting domain name. If that's ok with you, then check it out!</li>
<li><a href="https://info.snug.moe">snug.moe</a>. Offers XMPP, but with a simpler domain name. Also has Peertube, Matrix (invite-only), and Iceshrimp instances</li>
<li><a href="https://pussthecat.org">PussTheCat.org</a>. Has a lot of private frontends!</li>
<h3><u>Potential FAQ</u></h3>
<p>Q: Can I buy mint.lgbt?</p>
<p>
Yes, but don't expect to get the databases or anything. Also, the sale will work in a "highest bidder" basis,
and domain valuators cannot decide how much it should sell for. For reference, GoDaddy sets it at $3,408 USD
</p>
<p>Q: If I pay you, can you keep running it?</p>
<p>
It depends. If it's enough for Luna to maintain it well, and for me to start affording necessities, then maybe?
</p>
<p>Q: I donated recently, and just found out about this.</p>
<p>
If you need a refund, let me know through email at lux@nixgoat.me, and we can sort it out.
</p>
<h3><u>Conclusion</u></h3>
<p>
Thanks to everyone for staying around for all these years. It was fun to run mint.lgbt and to form a community
that tied a lot of people together. We're excited to see y'all in future endeavours! Y'all can find us in the
websites we've listed in the homepage, but if you can't access it, check out <a href="https://nixgoat.me/">mine</a>
and <a href="https://woem.men/@luna">Luna's</a>. Farewell.
</p>
<i>-Lux</i>
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