this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2023
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Normalizing home server donations (pawb.social)
submitted 2 years ago by yote_zip@pawb.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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With news of the scab reddit apps preparing to charge $2-3 per month to stay alive, now's a good time to remind everyone that you can actually save money by only donating $1-2 per month to your favorite home server instead! That's $12 per year of savings. You can't afford to not donate in this economy.

The fediverse doesn't have the luxury of mining data or selling ads - it relies on donations. Luckily, without a CEO to feed, the cost of running an instance is quite cheap on a per person basis. I think we should normalize and socially encourage setting up at least a $1-2 monthly donation to your home server for as long as you're using the site.

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[โ€“] animist@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

Also good to use sites like liberapay instead of patreon

[โ€“] deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I really wish this was standardized more across instances. The fediverse is extremely large, but a lot of servers end up being paid for solely by whoever runs them.

I get that not everybody can afford it, but...a few bucks a month to supporting a server goes a long way.