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<a href="../">← Go back</a>
|
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<h2><u>mint.lgbt is shutting down</u></h2>
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<p>Hello everyone, this is Lux.</p>
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<p>
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After 4 years of offering services, we're announcing the permanent termination of the mint.lgbt
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service provider, set to happen on August 8th, 2024. This was not an easy decision for us to
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make, but we're no longer able to keep maintaining the service due to a lack of funds and time.
|
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We'll go through our history and reasons in detail, how everything will unfold during the shutdown
|
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process, some recommended services users can move to, and some questions we think may arise.
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</p>
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<a href="../">← Go back</a>
|
||||
<h2>UPDATE: SHUTDOWN AVERTED</h2>
|
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<p>
|
||||
Hello everyone! Thanks for all of the feedback these past few
|
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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.
|
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</p>
|
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|
||||
<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?
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||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
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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>
|
||||
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.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
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>
|
||||
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.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
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>
|
||||
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.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
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>
|
||||
|
||||
<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.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<i>-Lux</i>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
|
||||
<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>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td colspan="3">
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<center>
|
||||
Femgit icon by <a href="https://j0.lol">j0</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<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>
|
||||
<br>
|
||||
|
||||
<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>
|
||||
mint.lgbt leaf graciously donated by
|
||||
<a href="https://corviform.gay">Ember</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<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>
|
||||
<br>
|
||||
|
||||
<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>
|
||||
<span id="copy">©</span> 2020-2024 mint.lgbt.
|
||||
Licensed
|
||||
under the
|
||||
<a
|
||||
href="https://fem.mint.lgbt/mint-lgbt/website/src/branch/develop/LICENSE">ISC
|
||||
license</a>.
|
||||
</center>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
|
||||
<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>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td colspan="3">
|
||||
<center>
|
||||
<table>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<img alt="Powered by Linux" height="31"
|
||||
src="/assets/badges/linux.gif"
|
||||
width="88">
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
|
||||
<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>
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<a
|
||||
href="http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign">
|
||||
<img alt="Viewable with any browser"
|
||||
height="31"
|
||||
src="/assets/badges/anybrowser.gif"
|
||||
width="88">
|
||||
</a>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
|
||||
<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>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<a
|
||||
href="https://yesterweb.org/no-to-web3">
|
||||
<img alt="Keep the web free, say no to Web3"
|
||||
height="31"
|
||||
src="/assets/badges/noweb3.gif"
|
||||
width="88">
|
||||
</a>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td colspan="3">
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<center>
|
||||
Femgit icon by <a href="https://j0.lol">j0</a>.
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<a
|
||||
href="https://liberapay.com/mint.lgbt/donate">
|
||||
<img alt="Donate using Liberapay"
|
||||
height="31"
|
||||
src="https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg"
|
||||
width="88">
|
||||
</a>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
</center>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</tbody>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
</center>
|
||||
</body>
|
||||
|
||||
<br>
|
||||
|
||||
mint.lgbt leaf graciously donated by
|
||||
<a href="https://corviform.gay">Ember</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<br>
|
||||
|
||||
<span id="copy">©</span> 2020-2024 mint.lgbt. Licensed
|
||||
under the
|
||||
<a href="https://fem.mint.lgbt/mint-lgbt/website/src/branch/develop/LICENSE">ISC license</a>.
|
||||
</center>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td colspan="3">
|
||||
<center>
|
||||
<table>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<img alt="Powered by Linux" height="31" src="/assets/badges/linux.gif" width="88">
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<a href="http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign">
|
||||
<img alt="Viewable with any browser" height="31" src="/assets/badges/anybrowser.gif" width="88">
|
||||
</a>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<a href="https://yesterweb.org/no-to-web3">
|
||||
<img alt="Keep the web free, say no to Web3" height="31" src="/assets/badges/noweb3.gif" width="88">
|
||||
</a>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<a href="https://liberapay.com/mint.lgbt/donate">
|
||||
<img alt="Donate using Liberapay" height="31" src="https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg" width="88">
|
||||
</a>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
</center>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
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</tbody>
|
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</table>
|
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</center>
|
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</body>
|
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</html>
|
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