How does an instance of Lemmy, especially a larger one like lemmy.world pay for costs involved with running a Lemmy instance in a sustainable way? - eviltoast
  • Trapping5341@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for asking this. This is something I’ve been serious about for awhile. Turns out while it’s expensive in the grand scheme of giant website it’s not that expensive money wise. Though it is very time expensive.

    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      IDK, I thought I saw they said it cost $300-400 a month to host, for a personal expense that’s pretty significant for most folks (plus the time, though it seems to be a labor of love).

      • Trapping5341@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Oh that’s for sure a big expense for most people myself included but if you go to the open collective link above the estimated budget for lemmy.world this year is only 16k ish. and thats to host one of if not the biggest instance right now. if every user donated a dollar the instance could run possibly for years.