I love the Fediverse and Lemmy. But technically, it still lags behind the big platforms in some areas. And there are many things where I believe the Fediverse will eventually be significantly better than centralized platforms, but which are still underdeveloped. Unfortunately, I can't program myself, or at least not very well. So I'm wondering how I can best support development financially.

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[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 2 points 56 minutes ago

If you use an 3rd party native iOS or Android app, leave them a nice review! Also star any related projects on GitHub or codeberg.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 hour ago

I suggest you financially support PieFed instead and the instance you are on.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 21 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (5 children)

Servers cost money to run, many lemmy servers have set up a way to donate for server costs.

You can try to post about lemmy on other platforms, but be aware that that carries a risk of getting banned.

Normally I'd also recommend supporting the devs, but fuck tankies. I plan to switch to Piefed because of that, since it's obviously hypocritical to keep using a standard Lemmy server when you dislike the devs so much.

[–] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 11 hours ago

I flipped to piefed about a month ago. I took 1 evening to open 1 tab with my lemmy subscriptions and 1 with piefed and manually transferred it all.

[–] squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi 12 points 11 hours ago

I plan on switching to Piefed because of that.

Same, I already did. Maybe the fediverse foundation would host a PieFed instance if there's enough interest.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 10 points 11 hours ago

Another proud PieFedizen here. I support my server !

[–] iatenine@piefed.social 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

You may be surprised how seamless the switch is, you can import your Lemmy account settings

The big drawback is a loss of mobile app selection but I've come to like Blorp quite a lot

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Blorp dev here. Let me know if there’s anything I can do to make your PieFed experience even better! I’m launching support for PieFeds multi communities feeds very soon. Stay tuned.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 7 points 9 hours ago

You can also contribute if you feel some content is missing, start a community or contribute things to an existing one. Quality is the result of care.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

If you want to specifically support Lemmy financially, then you want to support the devs: https://join-lemmy.org/donate

An alternative is to support your instance by donating to them instead. Lemmy.world is your instance, so here's the link to donate to them: https://liberapay.com/fhf

FHF stands for Fedihosting Foundation and are the people who host LW and many other Fediverse instances with the world TLD. https://fedihosting.foundation/hosted/

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 5 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Did everyone just forget that the Lemmy devs are tankies?

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Still better investment than putting your money in, say, Felon or Trump stuff.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 4 points 8 hours ago

"At least I'm not drinking literal shit!" (while drinking a glass of warm piss)

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Point me to the point in the code where this fact has come up. References to specific lines would be ideal.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 5 points 9 hours ago

The main dev is also an admin on lemmy.ml. There would probably be more instances that defederate lemmy.ml if it weren't for that, and the way that account-level blocking is implemented isn't really that great.

[–] khaleer@sopuli.xyz -1 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

And?

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 4 points 9 hours ago

I'm not a fan of giving money to tankies.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 9 hours ago

And nobody should support an authoritarian piece of shit.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 hours ago

I donate monthly (recurring) to:

Lemmy development: https://join-lemmy.org/donate
Our Lemmy instance: https://fedecan.ca/en/donate

Currently most large instances are well funded so I'd personally focus on development funding.

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 6 points 11 hours ago

https://join-lemmy.org/donate

There you can directly donate to the Lemmy devs

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Donate to Lemmy (or Piefed) development directly, then your home instance. If you've still got some cash burning a hole in your pocket, donating to instances that host communities you particularly care about is also something you can do

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

To support development financially, the first best way is to donate to the devs, for which people have already posted links.

The second best alternative, in particular for the people who are butthurt about the devs having their given political position yet hypocritically continue to fund or promote things like iPhone child labor, Amazon, Walmart, corporate backing of Israel military, or US taxes, would be to financially support the maintainers of the Lemmy instance(s) you are in. Most instance have their own "donate" / "support" link somewhere. Check yours.

(another advantage to supporting the instance you are in is that you would, usually, experience sooner or larger improvements in return for your investment. Better storage or network plan for your instance = better speed or uptime for posting lolcats)

Third best way, probably, is to finance public or state-level advocacy for Lemmy and/or Fediverse general. Alas I don't know what if any organizations exist there nor how are they taking money (and report on its usage).