Comment on Lemmy needs more donations

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Demigodrick@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Yeah, i totally get it. I wish they would separate the instance funding from the dev funding, I think that would help with a clearer structure and less objections.

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  • nutomic@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    lemmy.ml hosting is exclusively paid via Opencollective. This means all other donation options go directly to developer salaries.

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    • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Source?

      This is what I found to be true.

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      • nutomic@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Check the Opencollective link above, it shows the payouts for lemmy.ml hosting.

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    • Demigodrick@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Thank you, that’s really helpful to know!

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• arthur@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s the logic I take issue with. It isn’t all or nothing even though that’s how this is being presented. I’m not about to fund lemmyml or the tankie developers. If that causes problems so be it but the good news is that there is plenty of people in the community help with development. I see no reason why we need to fund two peoples salaries. If I have to work to make a living they can as well.

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    • arthur@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      First of all, build software is work. So work on Lemmy is work (paid or not).

      I can see 2 possible meanings for what you said: 1- they should work in a regular job to make their living and abandon Lemmy, because it does not provide the means for their living. 2- they should work in a regular job to make their living and work more, for free, on Lemmy.

      Please clarify, what do you mean? First or second?

      Or, maybe, you mean that they should accept more code contributions from the community… Well, in that case, it would be work anyway, because managing a codebase with multiple contributors is hard and takes time as well.

      Did you mean something else?

      The project depends on the devs, without devs, there will be no fixes or improvements on Lemmy. And many improvements will be necessary if Lemmy user base keep on growing.

      And again, maintaining .ml is so cheap that the .ml users themselves can handle the cost, we are talking about the time and work that the devs are putting in the project that both of us care about.

      Do you like Lemmy? If so, donate should not be an issue.

      If it is an issue, maybe you should consider migrating to other platform. The good news about it is that ActivityPub will let you access the content anyway… If Lemmy survive… And if the devs implement there compatibility.

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I’m not going to thing in absolute terms. There is no problem using Lemmy without donating. If the devs wanted donations they probably shouldn’t of pissed everyone off. They are offering up there own labor for free and there is no obligation for me to donate.

        I can not in good conscious support the Lemmy devs. That doesn’t mean I have to stop using Lemmy.

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