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I don't have a lot of extra money so I offer time, by doing moderation and such. Not sure how to put a value on that.
@[email protected] Yeah, it would've made sense to include an option for that. Sorry!
(And thank you for all your effort!)
For me:
So, probably in the $11-50 bracket?
@[email protected] It used to cost me the electricity usage of my cluster at home :D Now I'm donating to the keep the gardenstate.social afloat.
I need to see how to come back to self-hosted again.
Ooops, forgot to include ~ $25/year for the domain name, which would be about $2/month.
Ooops, forgot to include ~ $25 for the domain name, which would be about $2/month.
@[email protected] I don't spend much cash on it, but with all the time I spend on it, the opportunity cost is probably quite high.
Inspired, of course, by the news about X raising the cost of their Premium Plus subscription by 40%, and some of the responses claiming that the fediverse is free. I wish!
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/23/24327918/x-premium-plus-subscription-price-increases
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/the-ways-we-keep-the-fediverse-sustainable/
#fediverse #SocialMedia #sustainability
@[email protected] Costs me nothing.. I'd have the same ISP costs and electricity costs whether I was running a server or not (the VM might be increasing the electricity cost a few pennies but it's barely measurable).
@[email protected] nothing yet but I guess there may be a call for donations if the hw needs updating
@[email protected] It was previously $25 - 30/month as I was running on a DO droplet.
Now that I've migrated it to a Nuc (with more resources!) though, it's basically just power.
@[email protected] nominally I participate for free. But I am a paying member of a foundation that sponsors my instance's hosting service (Mastohost). And this expense is less than 1% of the total expenses of the foundation.
A follow-up poll. Where does your money go?
#fediverse #mastodon #SocialMedia #poll
@[email protected] €4/month for managed hosting of a tiny server for two people on a custom domain. Don't have to bother myself with anything technical at all.
A follow-up poll. Where does your money go?
#fediverse #mastodon #SocialMedia #poll
@[email protected] I am a paid fedi (iPhone) app collector and also subscribed (paid) to Erin Kissane’s newsletter bc she is working on making the fedi a better place. And occasional mutual aid. And while I thought it was automatic, I occasionally for the server too (that reminds me..)
@[email protected] 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.
@[email protected] instance I'm on is funded via https://postersunion.com/ which has 385 paid members averaging $3AUD / month
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!
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!
#fediverse
@[email protected] So far completely free but if my admin needs me to contribute I am there, obviously.
@[email protected] @[email protected] I host my own instance in a cupboard at home, and spend like £4 a month on the tiniest cheapest VPS I could find as a media cache to protect my home connection from the fedi hug of death.
@[email protected] My biggest cost is the domain name, as .social aren't cheap (looks like a scam business at this price for a domain name).
@[email protected] hosting my own peertube and mastodon server (9,53 €/month) and two monthly donations.
@[email protected] @[email protected] I believe in chipping in for services I use often that would otherwise be free. I hope that other folks who can afford to chip in do so.
@[email protected] in my case, cosocial.ca is cooperatively owned. So, I'm paying for a say in that, as well as receiving the services.
@[email protected] I call it $12/mo because that's what the unlimited VPS that I dedicated to the instance costs, but I'm able to ignore a few costs like DNS, email service, storage, etc. because they're already baked into other things I run and have little or no incremental costs.
@[email protected] I voluntarily donate to my instance on a monthly basis, because it is the right thing to do since I can afford it, I’m a heavy user and I don’t want my admin holding the bag, and because I believe in this space and my community, so I want to see it prosper long term.
@[email protected] It'd be less but I needed a buffer for the occasional spam attacks running up data storage. #ItIsWhatItIs
@[email protected] It's completely free, assuming I don't count the hours running and moderating the servers as a cost.
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I forget to pay each year, but each year I get the Liberapay reminder by email and I pay my yearly dues :anarchoheart3: :anarchoheart3: :anarchoheart3:
@[email protected] My host doesn't accept donations. I guess I should donate to some fediverse projects directly (e.g., mastodon, although I've heard that project is somewhat hampered by it's leadership?)
@[email protected] Yes, always a great option!
I run my own server, but have donated to admins of other servers in the past.
And the great thing is that when you donate to developers of non-Mastodon platforms, these folks often share ideas and work together, so you can still affect Mastodon positively!
@[email protected] I've been thinking of how best to handle donations. I would like a platform that allows me to set my total donation amount, and the selected recipients, and their share of the pie. But I wouldn't want that platform to take their own cut.
Currently I'm trying to throw something like 5$/month at whatever project has merit, but that usually ends up pushing all the money to established projects (e.g., Blender, Godot) which isn't great.
@[email protected] I can't currently afford to donate to my Fediverse admins, but I start a new job in a couple of weeks with a big pay bump so I plan on at least making some one-time donations once the funds are a little less tight
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I donate 5€ to my instance admin, that is slightly more than $5 at current rates.
it's completely free, but I have donated to server mods a few times so I should probably change my vote to it cost five bucks a month. Yes, it is completely free. But when someone wants compensation for the time they put into it, I donate.