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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

one day I hope to count our users among our investors, but getting to breakeven is a priority for us

Yeah well, I'm already an investor on the fediverse, by donating to my instance admins, and the instances I support already break even. It pays back handsome returns on my investment not by extracting value, but by providing a community that respects its users instead of monetizing them. That is the only investment I'm interested in.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I mean, it sure makes sense. If they're getting the server costs and effort to maintain and moderate, happy to drop a few dollaridoos now and again. Less ads to block as well, which is always nice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep. As soon as I set up my lemmy account I set up a recurring donation. I don't want anything for free I understand things cost money, spez is the one trying to monetize other people's unpaid labor