I'm curious, how much does it cost you, monthly, on average, to participate in the fediverse?
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To folks saying they wish they could do more/can't afford to contribute, your thoughtfulness is very much appreciated! You make the fediverse an amazing place to be just by being here, thank you!
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@[email protected] to anyone not directly contributing to running the fediverse in some way: being here is enough. A network if only server admins and people able to actively pay would be worse in almost every possible way.
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@rachel Absolutely!
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@stefan nice to see that most people care!
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@samsteiner Definitely!
And I'm seeing folks talking about how they'd love to contribute more, but some can't afford to. Both heartbreaking, and very encouraging!
If we could get Universal Basic Income passed, we'd probably get pretty close to 100% people donating.
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@stefan in my case, cosocial.ca is cooperatively owned. So, I'm paying for a say in that, as well as receiving the services.
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@stefan I call it $12/mo because that's what the unlimited VPS that I dedicated to the instance costs, but I'm able to ignore a few costs like DNS, email service, storage, etc. because they're already baked into other things I run and have little or no incremental costs.
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@stefan My operating costs and donations are public in case you are interested in a deeper look to a niche instance https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nf3Ko51Qh8s-xqx_K8aiDoK_jyI7zErrpz4ma0HSxT8/edit?usp=sharing
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@vees Very insightful, thank you for sharing!
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@stefan Ran a server once, but not any more.
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@markdav Too expensive and/or time-consuming?
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@stefan My host doesn't accept donations. I guess I should donate to some fediverse projects directly (e.g., mastodon, although I've heard that project is somewhat hampered by it's leadership?)
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@SirLich Yes, always a great option!
I run my own server, but have donated to admins of other servers in the past.
And the great thing is that when you donate to developers of non-Mastodon platforms, these folks often share ideas and work together, so you can still affect Mastodon positively!
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@stefan I can't currently afford to donate to my Fediverse admins, but I start a new job in a couple of weeks with a big pay bump so I plan on at least making some one-time donations once the funds are a little less tight
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@trainguyrom Nice, very generous of you!
Good luck with your new job, hope you'll enjoy it!
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I don't have a lot of extra money so I offer time, by doing moderation and such. Not sure how to put a value on that.
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@EverydayMoggie Yeah, it would've made sense to include an option for that. Sorry!
(And thank you for all your effort!)
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I wish I had the money to support my instances (both primary and the ones who host my bots)
But I’m also VERY glad that I don’t HAVE to pay for any of it as that would totally lock me out
