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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey folks!

I'm writing this because funding for the Lemmy project has dropped to critical levels, which could seriously impact its future development.

Thanks to the generous support of our lemm.ee community, our server infrastructure costs are covered, and we even have a few months of runway. I'm deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed - lemm.ee wouldn't exist without your help.

However, infrastructure alone isn’t enough. Our servers run Lemmy software, and without ongoing development, the platform cannot grow or even be maintained.

Lemmy is an open-source project with many contributors, but the vast majority of development work has been carried out by a small group of core maintainers. A few maintainers work full-time on the project, relying solely on donations and occasional grants to support themselves.

I've seen Lemmy development up close, and the maintainers have consistently gone above and beyond what I consider the standard for small open-source teams - they are constantly writing code, mentoring contributors, and keeping everything running. Their work is essential, and without continued support, it cannot be sustained.

If you value Lemmy, please consider supporting its maintainers directly. Every bit helps.

Please check out this post for more details about how to support the maintainers: https://lemm.ee/post/63034576

Thank you for reading, I hope you have a great weekend!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Drag hopes their financial system becomes desperate enough, and enough people say it’s about lemmy.ml, that they realise they have little choice but to take lemmy.ml offline.

The goal is becoming clear. Western-supremacist redditors will not tolerate any communist-friendly spaces on the internet that oppose US foreign policy goals. They can shut our communities down and kick them off reddit, but doing the same on the fediverse is proving difficult. Censorship and anti-communist witch-hunting is their life goal.

For the record, I would never wish starvation on anyone, regardless of ideology. No one should have to be in a "desperate financial situation", regardless of who they are and what they believe.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're not being attacked. People are just refusing to give you free money. Lemmy.dbzer0.com doesn't have the same problems, and they're communist.

You can either dig your heels in, cry oppression, and stop working on Lemmy, or you can listen to other people and work to be someone they think deserves their money. "Identifying the goal" doesn't change the outcome. And it's wrong, too. Lots of communists on Lemmy who don't like your server.

To paraphrase Gandhi: "I like your communism, but I do not like your communists." People just don't think you're a good communist. Insulting them isn't going to get you money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

You might be one of the most hated people on this site, lol, just about every single comment and post of yours is negative. It's almost like no one is falling for your pathetic fake leftist trolling.