cpo_admin

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For those of you across the Fediverse who follow our communities:

As you may know, our current host (KNThost) is going out of business. As part of that transition, we are migrating crazypeople.online to new infrastructure. We’ve been working on this in the background for a while, and it’s almost time to finish packing and make the move.

When: Thursday, December 18th @ 16:00 UTC (Subject to change). (Click here for your local time)

Expected Duration: Up to 24 hours.

What you will see: During this window, communication between our server and yours will be cut off.

  • On your home instance: Our communities will likely look like a static archive since no new updates will be coming through.
  • Direct Access: If you try to visit our site directly, it will be completely dark for a short time. It will likely be up and down a few times before the migration is finished, and even after that you might see connection errors for a while as the new DNS records propagate across the web.

Don't Worry: We aren't gone. Once we're fully moved in and the internet updates our address, we'll be back.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask here.

 

Hello again All.

I'm happy to announce that crazypeople.online now supports two alternative frontends for browsing Lemmy.

MLMYM is a lot like the old reddit interface that some people really like. You can find it here: https://old.crazypeople.online/

We're also now running the Voyager frontend which is more mobile focused. It can be found here: https://voyager.crazypeople.online/

As always, please let us know if you run into any problems.

Thanks,
cpo_admin

 

Hello again, hope everyone is well.

We've updated to Lemmy version 0.19.13. Notable features in this version can be seen in this announcement post.

As always please let us know if you run into any problems.

Thank you.

 

Hello All,

Unfortunately we were down for 30 minutes to an hour as some of the postgres servers at our host suffered a glitch that took them offline. Things are back up and running but there may be a little bit of lag as the servers sync back up.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

 

Hello all,

We’re in the process of upgrading to the latest Lemmy release. You can read about what’s changed here:

https://crazypeople.online/post/3152222

The upgrade requires taking the site offline for a few minutes, which will happen within 5 minutes of this post. The upgrade process is expected to take less than 5 minutes.

Thank you for your patience.

 

Hello all,

Now that the upgrades are complete at our host we're scaling our resources up for improved performance. The site will be unreachable for approximately 5 minutes while everything restarts so the new configuration can be applied.

Thank you for your patience.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by cpo_admin@crazypeople.online to c/main@crazypeople.online
 

Terms of Service


Welcome to crazypeople.online. These Terms of Service outline the rules and guidelines for participation on our platform. By using our services, you agree to comply with these terms and contribute to a constructive community environment.

1. Jurisdiction & Data Location

Our services are hosted on dedicated infrastructure located in Finland. By using this platform, you acknowledge that your data is stored and processed in Finland and is subject to the laws of Finland and the regulations of the European Union (EU).

2. Privacy & Data Rights

We value your privacy and data sovereignty.

  • Data Collection: We do not sell or trade user data. We collect only the data necessary to provide our services (e.g., login credentials, IP addresses for security logs, and content you voluntarily post).
  • Right to be Forgotten: In compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request the permanent deletion of your account and associated data. Requests for account deletion will be honored promptly and result in the purging of your user profile and content from our servers.

3. Community Standards

We are committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive, and safe space for all members. While open discussion and differing viewpoints are encouraged, all interactions must remain civil and free from personal attacks, harassment, or hateful conduct.

4. Prohibited Conduct

The following behaviors are strictly prohibited:

  • Harassment & Abuse: Insulting, demeaning, or targeting individuals publicly or privately is unacceptable. Allegations of harassment should be reported to moderators immediately.
  • Misinformation & Disinformation: Deliberately spreading false or misleading information is prohibited.
  • Doxing & Privacy Violations: Sharing personally identifiable information about others or encouraging self-exposure is not permitted.
  • Spam & Disruptive Behavior: Trolling, baiting, flooding, or other attention-seeking actions detract from community discourse and will not be tolerated.
  • Illegal Content: Material that violates Finnish law, European Union regulations, or our NSFW policy is forbidden. This includes, but is not limited to, hate speech as defined by Finnish legislation (agitation against a population group) and Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

5. Content & Moderation

  • Violence & Threats: Direct calls to violence against individuals may be removed and may result in an immediate ban. Contextual evaluations apply.
  • Piracy Discussion: Discussions about piracy and links to external content are generally permitted for educational or discussion purposes. However, strictly no copyrighted material may be hosted on our servers. Users must ensure all infringing files remain off-site. We comply with valid takedown requests in accordance with the Finnish Copyright Act.
  • Opt-Out Participation: Users may disengage from discussions at any time. Community and user-specific filters should be utilized instead of engaging in disruptive behavior.

6. Limitation of Liability

The service is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. We are not liable for any data loss, service interruptions, or unauthorized access to data. While we strive for stability and security, users are responsible for their own backups and account security.

7. Enforcement & Discretion

  • Moderators may impose additional rules within specific communities as they see fit. Our members are obliged to follow these Terms of Service in addition to any community specific rules put in place.
  • We reserve the right to remove content or ban users for violations including those not explicitly listed to preserve platform integrity. Attempting to exploit technicalities or create moderator burden may still result in disciplinary action.

8. Policy Updates

These terms may be revised as needed. Continued use of the platform constitutes acceptance of any amendments.

For questions, concerns, or data deletion requests, contact a member of the admin team. Current admins are always listed at the bottom of the sidebar from our main page.

 

Terms of Service


Welcome to crazypeople.online. These Terms of Service outline the rules and guidelines for participation on our platform. By using our services, you agree to comply with these terms and contribute to a constructive community environment.

1. Jurisdiction & Data Location

Our services are hosted on dedicated infrastructure located in Finland. By using this platform, you acknowledge that your data is stored and processed in Finland and is subject to the laws of Finland and the regulations of the European Union (EU).

2. Privacy & Data Rights

We value your privacy and data sovereignty.

  • Data Collection: We do not sell or trade user data. We collect only the data necessary to provide our services (e.g., login credentials, IP addresses for security logs, and content you voluntarily post).
  • Right to be Forgotten: In compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request the permanent deletion of your account and associated data. Requests for account deletion will be honored promptly and result in the purging of your user profile and content from our servers.

3. Community Standards

We are committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive, and safe space for all members. While open discussion and differing viewpoints are encouraged, all interactions must remain civil and free from personal attacks, harassment, or hateful conduct.

4. Prohibited Conduct

The following behaviors are strictly prohibited:

  • Harassment & Abuse: Insulting, demeaning, or targeting individuals publicly or privately is unacceptable. Allegations of harassment should be reported to moderators immediately.
  • Misinformation & Disinformation: Deliberately spreading false or misleading information is prohibited.
  • Doxing & Privacy Violations: Sharing personally identifiable information about others or encouraging self-exposure is not permitted.
  • Spam & Disruptive Behavior: Trolling, baiting, flooding, or other attention-seeking actions detract from community discourse and will not be tolerated.
  • Illegal Content: Material that violates Finnish law, European Union regulations, or our NSFW policy is forbidden. This includes, but is not limited to, hate speech as defined by Finnish legislation (agitation against a population group) and Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

5. Content & Moderation

  • Violence & Threats: Direct calls to violence against individuals may be removed and may result in an immediate ban. Contextual evaluations apply.
  • Piracy Discussion: Discussions about piracy and links to external content are generally permitted for educational or discussion purposes. However, strictly no copyrighted material may be hosted on our servers. Users must ensure all infringing files remain off-site. We comply with valid takedown requests in accordance with the Finnish Copyright Act.
  • Opt-Out Participation: Users may disengage from discussions at any time. Community and user-specific filters should be utilized instead of engaging in disruptive behavior.

6. Limitation of Liability

The service is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. We are not liable for any data loss, service interruptions, or unauthorized access to data. While we strive for stability and security, users are responsible for their own backups and account security.

7. Enforcement & Discretion

  • Moderators may impose additional rules within specific communities as they see fit. Our members are obliged to follow these Terms of Service in addition to any community specific rules put in place.
  • We reserve the right to remove content or ban users for violations including those not explicitly listed to preserve platform integrity. Attempting to exploit technicalities or create moderator burden may still result in disciplinary action.

8. Policy Updates

These terms may be revised as needed. Continued use of the platform constitutes acceptance of any amendments.

For questions, concerns, or data deletion requests, contact a member of the admin team. Current admins are always listed at the bottom of the sidebar from our main page.

 

Hello all,

As I'm sure many of you noticed we were down for over an hour. The good news is that we're back, the server upgrades that were previously delayed are being completed, and things should be more reliable going forward.

I'd like to apologize for not giving notice that this was going to happen. Unfortunately, the last update from our host indicated that the maintenance wasn't going to happen today. As far as we knew the next attempt at upgrading wasn't due to happen until the 28th. We've brought this up with our host as something that needs to be better communicated going forward. Hopefully the downtime wasn't too much of an annoyance for anyone.

As always, thank you for your patience and understanding.

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[Ongoing] Unplanned Downtime (crazypeople.online)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by cpo_admin@crazypeople.online to c/cpo_announcements@crazypeople.online
 

Hello again,

We had about half an hour of unplanned downtime this morning, and there have been a few short times over the last few days when the site was down. I'd like to apologize for that as it is not the experience we intend to deliver.

For reasons that are still being investigated, the PostgreSQL servers at our host were overloaded and required manual restarting rather than the automated restart that should've happened. We're expecting some of this problem to be remedied after this weekends maintenance to upgrade to NVME drives on postgres servers. We're still looking into the problem and talking it over with our host to prevent it from becoming a regular problem now and in the future.

Thanks you for your patience and understanding as we work through these things.

 

Hello again all,

We're making a few more adjustments to our Pict-rs configuration that require a quick restart. These usually take under a minute from start to finish. During this time the site will be unreachable for local users.

Click here for current UTC Time

Thank you for your patience.

 

We are making adjustments to our Pict-rs image proxy that will require a quick server restart. These usually take under a minute and aren't expected to cause disruption for more than a few seconds. Sorry for the short notice and thank you for understanding.

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