Site Admin/Owner of Feddit.uk
Lol I forgot to deploy it, should now be fixed
The website going down seems to be due to load (though CPU and RAM levels are fine so not sure what's going on), I've updated to 0.18.3 and will keep monitoring the site
Yeh it is a single admin instance, I'm going to look to add a few more admins this week as we really should have more than one
Instance has been updated to v0.18.3
Hey guys,
Sorry about the absence, have been super busy with life, other projects and the nightmare of buying a flat lol.
Instance should be updated to 0.18.3, as some of you have noticed the website has been periodically down the last few weeks (at most by half an hour at a time) will keep monitoring the uptime after this update but hopefully this partially fixes it
Sorry I’ve been really busy the last few weeks you should be verified now lmk if you're not
Sorry I've been really busy the last few weeks they should be verified now
Hey, appreciate the reminder but the donation is on the sidebar on the instance and the link in the description doesn’t work (its url is to the post itself). We’ve been getting a steady of donations for the server so gonna remove this for now (I agree with other posters, that link could be anything)
I'm using coffee link at the moment, it's really good for the price nothing to special in terms of quality though. I usually order two 500g bags for around 22 quid which lasts a good month
I ordered an anaerobic coffee there the other day though and it was not great, not a fan of that type of coffee. Don't know if it was just that particular bag but the smell of the anaerobic coffee is not the one (the taste was actually fine)
Yeh fixed and fixed the issue where updating broke it so that shouldn't happen anymore
Addressed it here https://feddit.uk/post/455317
Lemmy security vulnerability update
While I was asleep, apparently the site was hacked. Luckily, (big) part of the lemmy.world team is in US, and some early birds in EU also helped mitigate this. As I am told, this was the issue: - There is an vulnerability which was exploited - Several people had their JWT cookies leaked, including a...
So last night a XSS scripting attack was found on all Lemmy instances. See the lemmy world update here https://feddit.uk/post/453040
What this means is that hackers could inject their own "script" when any user viewed a comment/post that the hackers made. The hackers would then grab your JWT token with the script so they could impersonate that user. (And perform any actions on behalf of the user)
Luckily, it looks like I haven't been compromised so the site config should all be the same
What has been done about this
I've removed any comments or posts which included the script see here https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1895
I would have removed all custom emojis as well but there was none in our DB, this may potentially mean that this site was not affected. Just in case, I've also rotated the JWT tokens so all tokens are now invalid. This means you will have to logout and log back into the instance
Shoutout to @clara@feddit.uk for messaging
Haha yeh i did there was around 3k bots accounts which I found and purged hadn’t liked or subscribed to any communities and their email was a distinct pattern
Was always a lurker on Reddit, now I’m an instance admin lol so I sort of have to comment and post often.
It feels way more a community on Lemmy though so I’m much more active than I ever was on Reddit I love it!
Yeh just fixed it, I need to find a better way of updating the wefwef site as atm, every update to the instance will break the wefwef site lol. Problem for another day
Instance has been updated to v0.18.1
Big update this, this update comes with captcha being available which has now been re-enabled for sign up. This means signups are once again open (as captcha should filter out most bots).
Quite a few UI changes in this one and quite a few performance updates as well (mainly around how the database works). If anyone is interested our CPU average is around 8-10% usage and the memory usage has dropped to around 5% usage so the instance is looking pretty stable.
wefwef is a beautiful mobile web client for lemmy. Enjoy a seamless experience browsing the fediverse.
Hey everyone,
I've deployed a feddit.uk specific instance of wefwef at app.feddit.uk
If you haven't heard of wefwef before, it's essentially a mobile UI which you can deploy as a PWA to your phone, the link for the actual app is here https://wefwef.app
So that we don't rely on wefwef servers, I've deployed a local version which should be faster as it runs on the same server as feddit.uk so is essentially a second UI to the regular web app as I've limited to feddit.uk only at the moment.
Thanks, Tom
Email verification issue? READ HERE
Hey everyone, It seems a lot of people are having issues verifying their email when first signing up as they are not receiving the email.
This is because around 20-30% or emails sent from admin@feddit.uk are being bounced due to being marked as spam. I'm working on fixing this at the moment, (the domain is on a domain blacklist on spamhaus.org)
In the meantime, please send an email to admin@feddit.uk from the email that needs verifying and I will verify the email manually which should resolve the issue.
Thanks, Tom
I'm in the process of buying a flat at the moment and the solicitors are taking their time, I can't tell if that is just how it is or if it's their fault to be honest. The updates we get from them sounds like they are following up enquiries from the seller's solicitors but who knows. We were hoping to complete soon but looks like it might be another month or two before that happens.
I think for some solicitors, conveyancer is low priority as there isn't much money involved and there is no pressure to get it done quickly, which is why it can drag on.
Blocked instances can be found here https://feddit.uk/instances
The one blocked atm is https://burggit.moe/
It’s really good and well made as well, put in a pull request today to add a feature and getting it setup locally as a dev was so easy!
I’m very tempted to self host it on my instance as well
Lenders have been increasing the cost of new fixed-rate deals rapidly during a tumultuous week.
Wonder what has caused the sudden rise in the last few months
After a second thought, I'll keep the blocklist free of political instances, even though most I personally disagree with. In terms of any large ones which are grey areas of legality (loli and stuff like that), yeh I'm protecting my own back by blocking them.
That does mean the blocklist is only 1 atm, I'll keep an eye on what other big instances are blocked by other instances and keep the blocklist updated by doing that. Realistically a lot of the ones I would want to block will be so small I wouldn't notice them so that list will be kept fairly thin I imagine. (I'm not gonna be like beehaw or even feddit.de who have fairly large blocklists)
I get the frustration of having stuff blocked which might feel restrictive, so I'll try and keep the blocklist as small as possible but I do still think some should be blocked.
Happy to get Tom myself even though I could get any username :) Also feel like OG tom from Myspace!
Real Madrid sign Bellingham on six-year deal
Real Madrid complete the signing of England midfielder Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund on a six-year deal.
Shame would love to him in the Prem, but then it would for Liverpool or City. Reckon he'll do well at Madrid
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/1
What is Lemmy?
Lemmy is link aggregator software that exists in the fediverse, meaning it connects with other “ActivityPub” software like Mastodon and other Lemmy instances. Basically, you can follow and interact with communities here on feddit.uk, on any other Lemmy instance, or even from your Mastodon account!
What is Feddit.uk
Feddit UK is a UK specific instance of Lemmy, ideal for people from the UK or are just interested in following the UK community.
This instance is hosted by me Tom, an experienced software dev based in London. I decided to host Feddit UK as I saw many instances already made for other countries and none for the UK and saw the need for a UK community on the Fediverse. To help the upkeep cost of this instance, please consider donating by buying me a coffee!
Why Feddit
Feddit comes f
Server Maintenance at 11pm
Hey guys, just to let you know I'm upgrading the server tonight to a dedicated server which should improve the speed of the site significantly. It shouldn't take too long and might resolve some issues we were having on the instance.
At the moment, the server has been running on shared hosting which is cheap hosting where the server that runs the website is shared among many users. I upgraded it this morning but it didn't seem to help at all so I'm opting for a dedicated instance.
Over the last few days we've seen a good number of users join the instance and I've had a good number of donations from some great people!
My intentions are to run this server for as long as I can even if I'm putting some of my own money into it. I know some people may be worried about an instance like this being hosted by one person but I promise I'll keep it up and keep regular backups just in case I can't host it anymore or something happens to the server!
Arsenal have agreed a new four-year contract with William Saliba. The deal will keep the 22-year-old at the Emirates Stadium until at least 2027. The new contract will now move on to the paperwork stage with both sides looking to get it signed. Saliba’s existing terms were due to expire in 12 ...
Leeds chairman Andrea Radrizzani agrees a deal to sell his stake in the club to co-owners 49ers Enterprises.
Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita will join Bundesliga side Werder Bremen when his contract expires with the Anfield club.
The ex-culture secretary and close ally of Boris Johnson says she is standing down "with immediate effect".
