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Lemmy.zip 3rd Birthday Giveaway! (lemmy.zip)
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Hello all!

To celebrate Lemmy.zip turning 3 years old, we are once again hosting a small giveaway to say thank you for being here ❤️

We're giving away 3 prizes to 3 lucky winners. This will be 1 x £25 Steam gifts, and 2 x £10 Steam gifts.

The giveaway will be open for 48 hours from 18:00 UTC on the 10th June 2026, to 18:00 UTC on the 12th June 2026. This thread will unlock at 18:00 UTC :)

You can enter by making a comment in this very thread! Your comment can say or be absolutely anything you want (within reason!)

Once you've made a comment, you should get a message back from ZippyBot confirming you've entered and a ticket number. For transparency, at the end of this we'll publish the entry list and ticket numbers.

You must be a Lemmy.zip OR a Piefed.zip user to enter (comments from anyone else will be ignored!) and you will need a Steam account and be happy to send me your username so I can gift you the value via Steam. Your Lemmy.zip/Piefed.zip account must have been created before the 9th June 2026.

At the end of the giveaway, I'll lock the thread and Zippy will pull three random entries. The first username pulled will win the first prize (£25), and the other two users will win the other prizes (£10).

(EDIT: Thanks to @Thordros@hexbear.net there is now a 4th place prize of £10!)

I've put a few FAQs in this spoiler tag if you want to know more:

FAQs - PLEASE READ!

FAQs

  • Q) Can anyone enter?
  • A) You must be a lemmy.zip user or a Piefed.zip user, have a steam account, and your account must have been created before 9th June 2026
  • Q) Can I have a giftcard for a different platform, i.e. xbox or playstation?
  • A) Unfortunately not. Those platforms (to my knowledge) don't allow me to purchase a giftcard in the UK and you activate it anywhere in the world. Steam allows currency conversion on gifts.
  • Q) How quickly will I get my prize?
  • A) Steam requires that someone must be on a user's friend list for 3 days before giftcards can be sent, therefore I will share my Steam profile with the winners (or vice versa) and after 3 days of being friends on Steam, I will send the gift over. (Unless you live in the UK, in which case I can send you a code within 24 hours)
  • Q) I think my entry was valid, but I didn't get a reply from Zippybot with my ticket number. What do I do?
  • A) Send me a message asap! You can try commenting again too.
  • Q) Are user donations funding this?
  • A) No, just making it clear here that the donations to Lemmy.zip and PIefed.zip only ever go towards the server and Lemmy.zip infrastructure. The funds for this are coming from my wallet :)
  • Q) How does Zippy select the winners?
  • A) Zippy randomly shuffles the list of entrants in the DB. It then randomly shuffles the list again in Python. Then it randomly selects 3 winners from that double shuffled list.
  • Q) What if something goes wrong?
  • A) If for any reason something goes wrong during the giveaway, it will be paused until it can be resumed. If too much time lapses, the giveaway will be restarted.

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[–] quadrant5835@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 minutes ago

Meow.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

Thank you so much for hosting Lemmy.zip, I love it here!

[–] littlelordfauntleroy@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

Steam gift card!

[–] sidestory@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

Thank you for providing a place for community to grow. I really appreciate the work that goes into maintaining all of this. ❤️

[–] nomad504@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

Entering!

[–] m0stlyharmless@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

I might as well enter!

Thank you for running this instance!

[–] muzzle@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago

I'm just happy to be here

[–] Kiekendorff@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago

Happy anniversary! 🎂😀

[–] Keegen@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago

I picked this instance out of many 2,5 years ago when Kbin.social (RIP) was starting to break down and I've been very happy with my choice! Here is to another 3 years and hopefully many more to come after!

[–] HexagonSun@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

Milpool

[–] BandDad@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago

Thanks for what you do for this instance!

[–] kooky194@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

Good stuff

[–] BunScientist@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

I don't comment much but this has been a pretty comfy stay, thank you for keeping up the instance all this long!

[–] irradiatedslip@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

yesss

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

I didn't even realize I joined barely over a month after this instance was created! It's always felt like home on .zip :)

[–] Mikael@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

Thank you for doing this 🙂

[–] binchoo@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

Yay! Good luck everyone :)

[–] LumiNocta@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

Happy cakeday 🍰

[–] lapes@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago

Nice, keep up the good work

[–] Lawnmaster9000@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago

📡📡📡

[–] CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

Here to say happy birthday! If my post gets picked, give my prize to the top comment

[–] erer@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago

Congrats

[–] brachypelmide@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago

it's been 3 years already? man, time flows fast.

[–] AXH@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago

Cool!

[–] mill_city@lemmy.zip 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't even realize this server was less than two months old when I joined. It's been great. Happy to be a part of it!

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago

I had the same thought, lol!

[–] operationalHazard@lemmy.zip 2 points 12 hours ago

Happy birthday!!

[–] invertedspear@lemmy.zip 2 points 12 hours ago

Thank you

[–] FryHyde@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago

Thanks again for keeping this instance running. It's really become a regular comfort for me to scroll through Lemmy, and it's nice to have a positive launching point like .zip has been. 3 years went by so fast!

[–] dlsloop@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago

Happy birthday!

[–] sen@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

Happy birthday!

[–] doony@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

Aw cool. Thank you

[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 4 points 17 hours ago

This has been the only instance I've regularly used since the reddit exodus that's stayed open lol; used vlemmy and lemm.ee before they shut down

[–] alexquiniou@lemmy.zip 4 points 18 hours ago

Contrats ! Happy to see a thriving community. Long live fediverse.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago

Hi. I don't want to enter anything. Just came here to say congratulations. Here's to the next three years...Cheers!

[–] Atonable8938@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago

Happy 3 Years!

I'm really glad this place exists and am very thankful for all the time @Demigodrick@lemmy.zip puts into this instance.

[–] Cyanity@lemmy.zip 5 points 20 hours ago

Congrats! Here's an inspirational quote to keep on hustlin'.

Image of a whiteboard with this text written on it: Do crackheads say "I can't get high today because I'm broke"? No. They make it happen. Don't let a crackhead hustle harder than you. Love, Mom.

[–] candid@lemmy.today 2 points 16 hours ago

Hype

[–] roydbt@lemmy.zip 2 points 17 hours ago

Hi I would like some money please thank you

[–] ser@lemmy.zip 2 points 17 hours ago

Happy birthday! 🎂

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 2 points 17 hours ago

Heyoooh happy birthday! Keep up the zipp

[–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 4 points 20 hours ago

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

[–] freijon@lemmy.zip 2 points 17 hours ago

Happy birthday! I'm rather new here but I already feel quite at home 🙂

[–] random@lemmy.zip 2 points 17 hours ago

Zipping on by!

Hi!

[–] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 2 points 18 hours ago

Su gimtadieniu! 🎂

[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 hours ago

Happy birthday!

[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 2 points 20 hours ago

Thanksfor eeverything you do. I'm happy to be a part of the .zip family.

[–] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 hours ago

Hiii hi thank you so much for hosting for free!

[–] Million@lemmy.zip 2 points 21 hours ago

Happu birthday 🎂 this means its my cakeday soon as well.

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