one day I hope to count our users among our investors, but getting to breakeven is a priority for us
Yeah well, I’m already an investor on the fediverse, by donating to my instance admins, and the instances I support already break even. It pays back handsome returns on my investment not by extracting value, but by providing a community that respects its users instead of monetizing them. That is the only investment I’m interested in.
I mean, it sure makes sense. If they’re getting the server costs and effort to maintain and moderate, happy to drop a few dollaridoos now and again. Less ads to block as well, which is always nice.
Yep. As soon as I set up my lemmy account I set up a recurring donation. I don’t want anything for free I understand things cost money, spez is the one trying to monetize other people’s unpaid labor
Yeah well, I’m already an investor on the fediverse, by donating to my instance admins, and the instances I support already break even. It pays back handsome returns on my investment not by extracting value, but by providing a community that respects its users instead of monetizing them. That is the only investment I’m interested in.
I mean, it sure makes sense. If they’re getting the server costs and effort to maintain and moderate, happy to drop a few dollaridoos now and again. Less ads to block as well, which is always nice.
Yep. As soon as I set up my lemmy account I set up a recurring donation. I don’t want anything for free I understand things cost money, spez is the one trying to monetize other people’s unpaid labor