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How are we going to pay for all this? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by psylancer@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm really enjoying lemmy. I think we've got some growing pains in UI/UX and we're missing some key features (like community migration and actual redundancy). But how are we going to collectively pay for this? I saw an (unverified) post that Reddit received 400M dollars from ads last year. Lemmy isn't going to be free. Can someone with actual server experience chime in with some back of the napkin math on how expensive it would be if everyone migrated from Reddit?

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[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

By not asking the same question every single day.

[–] nxlemmy@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit used to have something similar to health bar showing how much "gold" was bought to support the website. but later on out of greed they started using it as a paywall.

We can have a health bar that doesnt paywall ANY features and very transparently displays funds raised\used for a server. It can be used to display how much funds its being supported, how much server costs are, salaries for open source maintainers, mods, etc.

[–] gylotip@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

This is a great idea.

[–] mr_washee_washee@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ads and trackers. people worry about privacy like they r handling CIA data and all they have on their phones is videos of cats and golden retrievers

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[–] fratermus@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

edit: misposted comment - see bizarre explanation below (and it's not just me)

westworld - lovely visuals
alias - excellent theme music
bojack horseman

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[–] zikk_transport2@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

IMO it sounds like that some AI corporation should host their own instance(s). They only pay for server and maintenance costs, while community does the rest and they have their data.

Would be best of both worlds, isn't it? Once they become greedy, we are f*cked again, just like Reddit did...

[–] pproe@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I know that it is not a popular topic in 2023 but a blockchain currency that allows users to 'award' posts/comments (similar to tipping in /r/dogecoin days) could provide instance owners with a source of income by taking a small portion of tips on their server.

Such a system would likely scale alongside user activity (read server load) and would encourage higher quality content. Would love to hear peoples thoughts on this.

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