It’s officially midnight where I live, so Merry Christmas to all the users of this instance (and everyone else)!

It’s been another year running this instance, and I think we’re doing pretty well. The instance is more stable than it was last year and generally works much better—we went from ~97% uptime to ~99.7%, which is pretty sweet and about as high as we can get without spending too much money. We could push it a bit higher, but hey—what would I do in 2025 if I solved all the problems in 2024?

The world seems to get crazier every year, so I’m really happy to have this instance as a place where we’re not bombarded with corporate-driven “algorithmic” craziness. It’s refreshing in a world where every piece of information is curated to squeeze the most money out of you.

I’d like to thank all the users of my instance—honestly, you’re great! Aside from a few trolls here and there, you make the community a wonderful place. If every instance had users like you, Lemmy would be pretty close to an online paradise!

I also want to thank the other admins who work alongside us to make Lemmy (and the threadiverse in general) better. I won’t name everyone (and I don’t want to forget anyone), so I won’t tag people individually, but here’s a list of instances I love working with, in no particular order: lemmy.world, lemmy.dbzer0.com, feddit.org, feddit.uk, reddthat.com, sh.itjust.works, discuss.online, lemmy.cafe, lemmy.ca, lemmy.nz, dubvee.org, programming.dev, and probably others I’m forgetting (sorry if I missed you—my memory isn’t what it used to be).

I don’t want to make this post any longer than it already is, so I’ll just say: I hope everyone reading this has a pleasant holiday season and a fantastic 2025. See you around!