Even if a handful of people made small reccuring donations each month, we could keep the server running and ditch the timeline I’ve shared here. I’m seriously worried about the increasing server costs: I’m just a single person paying out of pocket, and yet we’re on track to pass $50 per month in the foreseeable future. I don’t really make enough to keep this running without some help; it was easy when it was less than $20 per month, but things have grown to the extent that NCL simply can’t run on that tier of VPS anymore. NCL doesn’t make any sort of money from running this (as it shouldn’t), but it’s also hard to justify the cost without support. I believe I’ve included our donation link if you’d like to pitch in. Any small donation, recurring ones especially, can help to keep us afloat. NCL has tried to stand out with more lenient moderation and an apolitical focus, which are uncommon in the Lemmyverse. I hope we can continue to fill that niche in the future, but we can’t do it without help, unfortunately.
EuphoricPenguin22@normalcity.life 1 year ago
Even if a handful of people made small reccuring donations each month, we could keep the server running and ditch the timeline I’ve shared here. I’m seriously worried about the increasing server costs: I’m just a single person paying out of pocket, and yet we’re on track to pass $50 per month in the foreseeable future. I don’t really make enough to keep this running without some help; it was easy when it was less than $20 per month, but things have grown to the extent that NCL simply can’t run on that tier of VPS anymore. NCL doesn’t make any sort of money from running this (as it shouldn’t), but it’s also hard to justify the cost without support. I believe I’ve included our donation link if you’d like to pitch in. Any small donation, recurring ones especially, can help to keep us afloat. NCL has tried to stand out with more lenient moderation and an apolitical focus, which are uncommon in the Lemmyverse. I hope we can continue to fill that niche in the future, but we can’t do it without help, unfortunately.