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We have to solve the money problem! (blenderdumbass.org)

submitted 2 days ago by blenderdumbass@lm.madiator.cloud to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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[–] ragingHungryPanda@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Just to keep the instance up and running he needs to spend up to $5000 a month, pretty much out of his pocket.

Wtf!?

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seems to be some misunderstanding somewhere - Jerry states elsewhere that the costs are covered by donations.

The Mastodon instance I'm on has around 200 people (not all of them active), and received around €800 in donations last year,. Total costs were less than €300.

I think the problem of scaling kicks in when we go after demographics that are less charitable on average.

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I'm one of them 🖤

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just watched the section of the interview where Jerry (admin of fedia.io and infosec.exchange), and he said that

There are a lot of people who aren't that lucky. Even charging a 1$ fee is too much. That is their lifeline, it's their way to connect to friends, and search for jobs. To me, I don't think it's appropriate to gatekeep it with a monthly fee.

https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/1yNa4rLzzLXnuRoX7Rny3y?start=38m45s

For the host question, it's at 34:11

[–] jerry@infosec.pub 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey all, Jerry here (from the interview). Happy to answer any questions.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago

No questions from my side, just a big thank you to mention Mbin, Lemmy, the Fediverse in that interview. It's probably the first time for me where I watch a video talking about all of this, which is curious with how part of my daily life it is.

I still haven't watched everything, but one of your quotes sounded resonated with me "We're only here for a short time. Why should we be a-holes to each other, and not just try to enjoy ourselves?"

Anyway, thank you for everything, take care!