I'm curious, how much does it cost you, monthly, on average, to participate in the fediverse?
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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!
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Local moth fairy loves lämp, more at 11 :maple_morb:replied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan if I had the money to donate towards my admin, I certainly would
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Local moth fairy loves lämp last edited by
@elfi I've received a few comments along this line, and I really hope I'm not making folks feel guilty about not contributing enough!
Seeing responses like this is genuinely bitter sweet, knowing so many want to do more than they can. Your generosity is very appreciated, and I wish you all the best!
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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!
