Hey #federatedpress folks, I have some bad news and this is an important announcement, so please read. 🧵

In short, federated.press will be shutting down, and you'll need to archive your data and transfer your account/followers to a new server by June 30, 2026.

Read the full announcement here.

https://funny-newsprint-cfa.notion.site/federated-press-shutdown-notice-32e2cefebc078019915bf522b3e4d96c

federated.press has been experiencing an ongoing issue with missing media files: images, videos, and profile photos uploaded in the past are currently unavailable due to a failure at our managed hosting provider.

You can follow the full incident on our status page for more details. After 20 days without a resolution, I don't know if or when this will be fixed, and users deserve to know their options. 🧵/

https://status.federated.press/incidents/xOkSOo

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Quick update for #federatedpress users.

Our web hosting provider has been having some ongoing issues with media storage, and is currently working on restoring some data.

If you've noticed that some images are missing/not displaying correctly, this is why.

See our status page for a running incident report. I'm posting updates there as I know more:

https://status.federated.press/incidents/xOkSOo

Sorry for the trouble!

Just approved a bunch of new users, suspended some unmoderated servers, and cleaned up trending news and hashtags.

If you enjoy #FederatedPress and want to keep it going, please become a monthly contributor.

(We lost all of our recurring contributors when Open Collective Foundation shut down earlier this year and are starting from $0 — I'm back to funding the server myself.)

Any amount helps!

https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/federatedpress

Hey y'all, I'm happy to announce that #FederatedPress has a new fiscal host, and we can once again receive tax deductible donations!

If you were previously a monthly or annual contributor to federated.press (or if you have an account and would like to help sustain the service/community), please head over to our new donations page and renew your membership.

https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/federatedpress

Choose "Monthly" and enter the amount that works for you. You can also make a one-time contribution.

Important announcement regarding federated.press funding

Open Collective Foundation (OCF)—our fiscal host that allows us to receive tax-deductible donations to pay our server expenses—is shutting down.

Payments from current monthly/annual donors will be paused on March 15 (this Friday) until we find a new fiscal host or organizational structure.

Read more here:

https://opencollective.com/federatedpress/updates/important-announcement-regarding-federated-press-funding

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#FederatedPress announcement:

Open Collective Foundation (the 501(c)(3) fiscal host that we use to collect member contributions to pay our server expenses) has announced that they're shutting down by the end of 2024, and will stop accepting contributions on March 15 (basically in 2 weeks).

This pertains to Open Collective Foundation (OCF); the Open Collective _platform_ will continue to operate. See the official announcement here:

https://opencollective.com/foundation/updates/announcement-we-are-dissolving-open-collective-foundation-at-the-end-of-this-year

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It's hard to believe that #FederatedPress is a year old. Read a recap of our first year (and don't forget to donate 😄):

https://opencollective.com/federatedpress/updates/2023-annual-update-federated-press-is-one-year-old

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