If the reddit exodus happens and Lemmy gets even 2% of reddit’s daily active users, how will Lemmy sustain the increased traffic? I know donations are an option, but I don’t think long term donations will be sustainable. Most users will never donate.

I know the goal of Lemmy isn’t to make money, but I know that servers and storage costs add up quickly. Not to mention the development costs.

I would love to hear the plans for how to offset those costs in the future?

  • @nutomicMA
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    4811 months ago

    Contributions welcome.

      • @nutomicMA
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        6211 months ago

        Lemmy is not a company, it’s built by volunteers. If you want a corporate platform go to Reddit.

          • @nutomicMA
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            1011 months ago

            As you wish.

          • @xrthat
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            2511 months ago

            Ah and here comes the toxicity along with the reddit flood.

            • @Lemminary
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              8 months ago

              deleted by creator

          • @Copio
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            1711 months ago

            I honestly can’t tell if

            removed by mod

            was removed by mod, or just an italicized removed by mod.

            • @AbelianGrape@beehaw.org
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              My browser is set to default to French (which I speak / am still learning) and to me it says

              supprimé par le modérateur

              so this one is real. A visual distinction could be nice, that might be a decent newcomer contribution to the codebase.

      • Les Orchard
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        4611 months ago

        Bud, this is like going to someone’s house for a party and complaining that they don’t have your favorite beer. How about you go for a beer run?

          • Les Orchard
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            611 months ago

            I didn’t say anything was in a great state. I just said this software is like a party, no one’s here to serve you. You aren’t going to be catered-to because your eyeballs are worth selling. So if you want it to happen, help out. That’s how it works.

          • jerry
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            111 months ago

            we just think you’re a prick, this isnt about what you’re saying, it’s about how you’re saying it