I'm curious, how much does it cost you, monthly, on average, to participate in the fediverse?
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I pay for our instance so I do spend some.
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@raccoon I'm sure the admin(s) appreciate every little bit of donations!
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Uhm.
No, the vps is mine
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Ooops, forgot to include ~ $25/year for the domain name, which would be about $2/month.
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Oliphantom Menacereplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan These are DigitalOcean prices, too. The gist is that the instance is 4 CPUs and 8 GB of RAM, which is probably overkill for 6 people, but at one time I was considering opening this instance up to as many as 100 people.
I also use a managed database, which is $15/mo, but at least I get backups and upgrades and point-in-time restore handled for me, which seemed worth it.
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@raccoon Hah, sorry! Yeah, it can be tough running a server. The fediverse is definitely not free, and I am just thankful for all the money, time, and effort we all put into it.
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Oliphantom Menacereplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan The Verge just carries water for it instantly:
"Prices are increasing in multiple regions to help support ad-free browsing and revenue-sharing payouts."
THERE IS NO REVENUE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PROFITS BECAUSE THAT THING KEEPS LOSING MONEY
There. I feel better.
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@stefan Heh... I'm half asleep, apparently. I answered a monthly poll with annual values.
So feel free to subtract from the end results one 11-50, and add one to the lower bracket.
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@jorgecandeias Hah, no worries!
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A follow-up poll. Where does your money go?
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@evan Yes, thank you for catching that!
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@stefan I spend less than I would like to, because that’s what I can afford while my last six pay periods have totaled out to under USD$200 deposited into my bank thanks to unreliable shift hours.
Actively looking for sustainable employment so I can contribute my fair share, but haven’t found it yet.
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@stefan ty
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@Kaiyalai Every little bit helps, it all adds up!
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@evan Thank you for the correction, and helping me get a bigger sample size!
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It's truly encouraging to see how generous people in this community are. And this is not even including the many mutual aid donations people here make!
