I seen module for running ads and you can pay for ad free mode. I think it’s for pleroma, not mastodon.
most users are using mobile apps and these will not show ads. you may want to post ad directly to user timeliness but any app can block posts.
I seen larger Japanese instances display ad, I have no numbers if this is more effective than donations.
you can speed up process by: ipfs DHT provide Qm…