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The future of aussie.zone... (aussie.zone)

submitted 2 weeks ago by lodion@aussie.zone to c/meta@aussie.zone

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First up.. this is not a call for donations.

Without going into the personal details as to why: I don't have the energy to give this place the attention it needs, and I'm no longer willing to cover the majority of running costs.

I don't have a fully fledged solution to this, and don't have the energy to come up with one. The best I can come up with is I hand the reins over to Nath, and some sort of community funding is set up to cover costs.

If anyone knows of above board methods to establish a crowd funded piggy bank for something like this, I'm all ears.

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[-] YeahToast@aussie.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago

I think I've donated once.. as enjoyers of FOSS we really should be better at paying for what we previously expected corporations to front the bill for. Thanks for all of your work.

[-] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

I totally agree. Actually I think pretty much everyone agrees. It's just a bit tricky, because it is not what most people are use to in their daily lives.

I mean, in most cases people seek out the highest quality products at the lowest prices. Lower cost is basically always what people aim for, as long as the quality is high enough. But with FOSS and other free services, you get the product for free... so that's a win right? Zero cost. What are you paying for? It needs a totally different mindset. We need to think of ourselves as part of a community working together and sharing resources - not a bunch of independent people only making trades for our own self-interest. For that, I think transparency about what funding is needed and where it is going is very helpful.

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