Darn I wish that movie got a sequel
The timing definitely could have been better. But maybe now more people have seen it?
Currently stalled but we're working on it.
Uh, everything’s under control. Situation normal, everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine… We’re all fine here now. Thank you.
How are you?
If we go "by the book" like Lieutenant Saavik, hours could seem like days.
But seriously it will take days.
In case anyone else is as confused as I was: yes, we are defederated from Hexbear.net. This image is simply hosted there.
What you call "fragmentation" is perhaps better described as "multiple moderation philosophies applied to the same topic" and is actually a fundamental aspect of the ActivityPub protocol, which was designed above all else to create platforms that resist centralization.
I'm not saying you're wrong to dislike it, but it is definitionally impossible to have both decentralization and centralization at the same time.
You've taken my words and twisted their meaning to create an antisocial strawman to attack. I will not engage.
That said: if you are someone who views the power instance administrators have over their instances to be "tyrannical", then ActivityPub —a protocol which by design decentralizes power away from a CEO and into the diverse hands of instance owners— is probably not the protocol for the sort of platform you're looking for.
You may have noticed this message when sending a DM on StarTrek.website:
What does it mean that "sending private messages are not secure"?
Basically it means that DMs (unlike passwords) are not encrypted before being stored in our database. If I (or the server admin of the sever the person you're DMing) wanted to read DMs, it wouldn't be easy per-se, but it's far from impossible.
Are you reading DMs?
We are not digging through the database to read DMs (we don't care enough to put in the effort also its wrong) but we can't stop other Admins on other instances, and if law enforcement or someone got their hands on our server, there's nothing we could do to prevent your DMs from being accessible to them. Just FYI.
So what's element.io?
Element.io is a secure messaging service that uses the decentralized Matrix protocol. The Lemmy devs like it so much they put a spot in your profile page to make it easy to share your profile:
It's a neat service but has nothing to do with StarTrek.website or Lemmy. It's also far from the only secure messaging platform (Signal and Telegram are two popular ones that allow for it).
Hope that clears up some confusion, feel free to ask any questions! 
All Tuvix related arguments should now be .03% more efficient.
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UPDATED 9-3: StarTrek.website - Lemmy info, FAQ, Patreon info, future plans, and more!
(startrek.website)
nuqneH!
Welcome to our new home in the Fed~~eration~~iverse. First of all- WOW we did not expect to surpass 300 users on this instance (and over 1K fediverse subscribers) within our first 48 hours and with little promotional effort. We are all excited to see where this long road goes.
Coming from Reddit and confused about Lemmy?
I had some stuff typed out, but honestly, this thread sums it up better. Check it out! It has infographics.
If you're still stressed out, remember that Lemmy is still new. Yes, it's ugly, but people said Reddit was ugly too (both are correct). As Lemmy grows, and #Rexxit continues, more tools will get made. Decentralization opens up a lot of possibilities we didn't have before. The future is bright.
Will other communities be setting up shop besides StarTrek, DaystromInstitute and Risa?
Yes! Eventually. Right now our focus is staying online, fast, and reliable which means keeping things focused while we find our footing. Daystrom, StarTrek and Risa were chosen to start off with because the three of them cover the "srs bsns ↔ shitposting" spread quite well.
If you are part of a community interested in being hosted on startrek.website, send me a DM and we can try to work something out.
Qapla'! How can I support?
We've started a Patreon here: Patreon.com/treksite. There's only one plan and it's just $4. If our growth continues like it has, we're going to need to upgrade our hosting very soon.
What's up with the "unencrypted DMs" warning?
I feel like I'm not seeing everything. What gives?
Lemmy is weird with languages. In your user settings, make sure “Language” is set to both “English” and “Undetermined”. You can select additional languages as well, but they aren’t currently allowed on this server. On desktop, you can use CTRL+click to select both options. This will allow you to see content for which the author has not set a language, and content which has been set to “English”.
This will hopefully be made more clear with future updates.
Thumbnails acting weird/not showing up (for users on another instance)?
Add this exception to your adblocker (replace "lemmy.world" with your instance):
@@||*/pictrs/*$domain=lemmy.world
Where can I find official server updates?
Follow us on Mastodon for updates, scheduled maintenance, etc.
Where can I talk with Trekkies about non-Trek stuff?
We've just opened a new "offtopic" community, welcome to !quarks@startrek.website, Quarks is fun!
If you have any questions for the team, please don't hesitate to ask in this thread! 🖖
Consider this a friendly reminder to yourself and all users here that if you see a user behaving in a way you just plain don't like, (even if it's on another instance) don't hesitate to report it to us. The admin team is extremely aggressive with blocks and bans. We want this instance to be a quiet, thoughtful, and fun entry point to the Fediverse. And we want our users to be happy.
That said I understand the need for a break! I'll miss your presence and as ValueSubtracted said we'll keep the antimatter inducers uh, er- inducing.