Comment on The admin of the third largest Mastodon instance (16k monthly active users) is asking for help to pay rent

• ruud@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  For lemmy.world / mastodon.world including some of the smaller instances we host, it’s like 0,06 euro per active user per month. If every active user would pay 2 Euro per year that would be enough to cover hosting costs. If every active user would pay 1 euro per month, I could quit my dayjob and focus on the Fediverse fulltime.

  (Sidenote: Stux and I created the non-profit Fedihosting Foundation which owns lemmy.world … but finances are still separate for his and my instances)

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  • Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thank you for confirming that 5€ is enough to cover twice the hosting costs.

    While we are talking, there have been occurrences of “power tripping” by some LW mods (e.g. lemmy.world/post/23229045/14411568?sort=New) , is there any mechanism to escalate this to you?

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    • ruud@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sending e-mail to info at lemmy dot world would be the best option. The team will pick that up.

      (By the way: 2 EUR per year would be enough if every active user would donate that but they don’t)

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      • Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Thanks, I might send an email later.

        By the way: 2 EUR per year would be enough if every active user would donate that but they don’t

        Indeed. Have you thought about promoting this in an announcement post?

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    • rglullis@communick.news ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Phrased another way: “I don’t think you are allowed to make a living out of the work you do here, so thank you for accepting all this for free”.

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      • Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40374812/17470674

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• rglullis@communick.news ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The list of statements where you have the chance to share your values is still unanswered.

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  • Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I answered here: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40374812/17470674

    Which, for some reason, didn’t make it to your instance? communick.news/comment/4930027

    Both versions of the post also show 106 vs 105 comments, so there seems to be something here

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    • rglullis@communick.news ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I specifically said “you can just say agree or disagree”, so please don’t come with that “It would take too much time”.

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      • Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Please don’t erase nuance from a conversation. Everything isn’t yes or no answers.

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