stux⚡ (@stux@mstdn.social)
mstdn.social
I'm really sorry to ask but at this moment my gf and me are personally still 274 euros short for rent this month 😟 :sad_cat: It been a rough month.. Luckily all server bills are paid for so thats the biggest part ❤️ If you can miss something, any bit would help out a lot https://paypal.me/stuxOS https://patreon.com/mstdn https://ko-fi.com/mstdn https://bunq.me/stuxhost https://stux.me/donate https://liberapay.com/mstdn Boost would also be appricated a lot :blobsnuggle: 💕

Please, tell me how “paying for hardware costs is enough”…

  • rglullisOPAEnglish
    425·
    6 days ago

    Either their service provides people with enough value to donate to keep it running

    You know what also works like that? Any other traditional business operation.

    I am saying that since 2022: we only have a shot at this succeeding if we all start putting something at stake.

    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
      251·
      6 days ago

      Are yall not sponsoring this project on patreon or otherwise?

      I pitch in something like 1-2 bucks to desalines and a few bucks to .world every month.

      • rglullisOPAEnglish
        20·
        6 days ago

        You are the exception, and you will find out that even the most prolific participants here claiming that $5 per year is enough to cover the hardware costs, so he doesn’t see any reason to give more than that.

            • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
              71·
              6 days ago

              Shit aint free.

              I mean when we were over at (the bad place), people were literally donating monthly to pay for server costs. (the bad place) in the early days was basically one giant instance.

              except it didnt have a working video player. for-fucking-ever.

              so I donate a bit to my mortal enemy @desalines and a bit to lemmy.world to keep the project going. Maybe 5 bucks a month between the two?

          • Ruud@lemmy.worldMEnglish
            121·
            6 days 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)

              • Ruud@lemmy.worldMEnglish
                5·
                5 days 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)

                • Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                  4·
                  5 days 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?

                  • Ruud@lemmy.worldMEnglish
                    2·
                    5 days ago

                    We have done before, but don’t do that often, so we don’t bother users too much. But we might do again soon, and maybe do a monthly post on the mastodons/sharkeys etc

              • rglullisOPAEnglish
                23·
                5 days 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”.

          • rglullisOPAEnglish
            12·
            5 days ago

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