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<b>BREAKING NEWS:</b>
We've launched our BreezeWiki mirror! We have also officially shut down our Libreddit instance due to the Reddit API changes.
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mint.lgbt is shutting down. Read more <a href="/shutdown">here.</a>
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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>
<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.
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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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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>
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>
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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.
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<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>
<h3>How</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>
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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.
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<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>Where to Move</h3>
<p>
Here are some service providers we highly recommend, which share a lot of common philosophy with our
collective.
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<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>Potential FAQ</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>Conclusion</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.
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<a href="https://corviform.gay">Ember</a>.
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