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How much money are you ready to donate for Lemmy/Mbin/Piefed to succeed? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just came out of a discussion when someone was arguing that "if everyone here would pay $10-20 per year, the whole platform would be completely different", but that seemed quite unrealistic to me.

What do you think?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I've already donated to various open source and fediverse projects. I think of it as an insurance policy against takeover: as long as the majority of the money that helps run the instance comes from people that want it to be free and reasonable, it won't instantly become the opposite.

Think of it this way: whenever Leon calls it Wokepedia, I am so happy there is a rational place where I can find unbiased information, and I make a note to donate. I know a lot of people that can't afford to donate, so I add a little extra for them. And I know a lot more that say they can't afford to donate and honestly that is such a shame.