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?

  • nutomicMAEnglish
    664·
    2 years ago

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

      • xrthatEnglish
        25·
        2 years ago

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

      • CopioEnglish
        17·
        2 years ago

        I honestly can’t tell if

        removed by mod

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

        • AbelianGrape@beehaw.orgEnglish
          15·
          2 years ago

          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.