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    How odd. Could it be an account hack? Server malfunction?

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      The server isn’t malfunctioning. Rather, the name vlemmy.net isn’t given you the IP address of the server anymore. Does anyone have the IP? We could test if the server is still there.

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        Could be a dns server malfunctioning (or rather misconfiguration).

        After all, “it’s always DNS”

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        I checked historical data for the A record and came up with this, no clue if this is the original server address

        Ran a ping on it and it timed out so I am guessing u/pyarra just pointed the dns to the park page while they figure out what’s going on with this server

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          I also found that record, but I have no way of knowing how accurate it is. I can confirm that it isn’t responding. We might have to wait and see if/when it returns.

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      Really weird.

      dynu.com is a dynamic dns service. I don’t think the maintainer of vlemmy.net would be running the instance from a dhcp (variable) IP, to justify using dynamic dns.

      Or is it usual for people to run instances from their homes using common ISP subscriber variable IP addresses?

      Even more strange that it was registered just last month, according to whois. Is vlemmy.net that new?

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        Or is it usual for people to run instances from their homes using common ISP subscriber variable IP addresses?

        No. That that would be absolutely ridiculous for anything beyond an ephemeral CounterStrike server.

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        Aren’t many of these instances a product of the reddit migration? I don’t expect the one I’m on to be much older.

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          That makes sense. I’m a reddit refugee, just recently joined. Should have checked the domain registration date. I suppose there will be a lot of new instances dying or not being properly maintened in the near future.

          Edit: when I couldn’t access vlemmy.net, I signed up to feddit.nl. Just checked the domain registration date; June 1st 2023. Bummer.

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            Do they have an Open Collective page or something similar? Transparency about servers and costs? Those are the first things to look for in an instance.

            Also, for all we know vlemmy could return. We have no details yet.

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        If you’re self hosting at home yes dyn dns is far cheaper, and from a users perspective there’s no difference