I'm curious, how much does it cost you, monthly, on average, to participate in the fediverse?
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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!
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Sam Steiner and 487 othersreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan nice to see that most people care!
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Sam Steiner and 487 others last edited by
@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.
