This federation thing gives me a different outlook on this kind of thing compared to Reddit. When you say “admin” here, you’re not talking about some rich incel, you’re talking about people putting their time and effort into providing spaces for people to gather and form communities. Probably for little reward.
I should add that there is almost exclusively cost to being an admin. For example, I pay around $5000/year to host demo.sublinks.org, discuss.online, matrix.discuss.online, social.photo, and utter.online. I take in a negligible amount of donations. Plus, I spend a lot of time moderating content and maintaining infrastructure.
Yeah, I am for now. However, if I lost my job or something major happened I’m not sure I’d be able to keep paying for it all. I should probably do better at fund raising. 🤔
Definitely. Special shout out to admins like @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected] @[email protected] ,@[email protected] or @[email protected] . Great people running great instances
Thanks!
I should add that there is almost exclusively cost to being an admin. For example, I pay around $5000/year to host demo.sublinks.org, discuss.online, matrix.discuss.online, social.photo, and utter.online. I take in a negligible amount of donations. Plus, I spend a lot of time moderating content and maintaining infrastructure.
Are you comfortable with this? I’m sure a few discuss.online users wouldn’t mind helping a bit financially
Yeah, I am for now. However, if I lost my job or something major happened I’m not sure I’d be able to keep paying for it all. I should probably do better at fund raising. 🤔
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