Comment on Converser.eu is being flooded

rglullis@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• OctoLumia@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I think so too, but from what I understood, they seem to want this service to stay free and open, i’m kind of surprised there is not more financial help through donations from the community though, I went for donation and the required level was not very high

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  • rglullis@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    they seem to want this service to stay free and open

    TANSTAAFL.

    The admin might think they are being this generosity is good for the users, but at the end of the day all it just gets them burned out and gives people who signed up the impression that all matrix servers are slow. Meanwhile, acess to my matrix server is not free, ($29/year, less than $2.50/month) but by charning just a little bit I can make sure that it grows at a rate that I can manage and doesn’t make my infrastructure implode.

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    • OctoLumia@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I mean for me too it seems pretty fair that way. I guess they also might find it delicate to make people pay now that most people registered there for free etc

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      • admin@scrapetacular.ydns.eu ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        The later people are paying to join and sustain an existing and thriving community built by the earlier people.

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