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It seems that the dev burned out.

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[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You might have read it in reverse? He started by asking for help from additional admins, then switched to wanting to shut it down and just be done with the Fediverse completely.

If he comes back, it will be on Beehaw or some such.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

He had changed his position after I wrote that comment I believe.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 23 hours ago

The edits may be confusing but the changed part was put above rather than below:

Original plea below, though it's superseded by the above.

So while below one of the horizontal line separators he asks for help (then crosses out that text), above he adds:

This instance is shutting down for good on 7/31/2025.