EDIT: we just crossed 30K 🥳
We are now at 28.5K users (see https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list). The top 10 instances also got a decent boost in user count. With the exception of beehaw.org which defederated, the Fediverse is thriving 🔥
EDIT: we just crossed 30K 🥳
We are now at 28.5K users (see https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list). The top 10 instances also got a decent boost in user count. With the exception of beehaw.org which defederated, the Fediverse is thriving 🔥
Rather, more instances, not servers. An instance can scale out using as many servers as the owner can tolerate.
I certainly wouldn’t want to be the one managing a horizontally scaled fediverse instance on a cloud platform though, that shit adds up fast, and no way in hell is anyone going to donate here.
I honestly don’t get how that’s supposed to work indefinitely, that’s usually where ad money comes in and… god dammit we’re back to square one lol. I’m here for a good time, not a long time 😎
People actually do donate here! Check it out :) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kbin
I’m new here but if I stick around long enough I’ll probably get up my own server/instance(s) for the various parts of the fediverse I participle in. Mostly because it sounds neat and partially because it would allow other people I know to have a fediverse “home” operated by a familiar face (if the fediverse gets popular among the mainstream).
Right now it’s just Lemmy, but I may eventually participate in Mastodon, Matrix, Peertube, Owncast and.
I’m going to wait first though to see if the Lemmy userbase (and platform) remains healthy and/or grows. Then would come the hard part of setup, I’m familiar with technology, but nowhere near a professional or a hobbyist (unless you count gaming).
I definitely think that ads will start appearing on the bigger instances especially since the overhead will most likely outpace donations. I could also see a lot of super small instances pop up just for people to host for their friends. I’m thinking about creating an instance just for me and a few friends but I’ll definitely have to deviate from my standard Reddiy username, can’t let that cat out of the bag.
I’ve said it before, but I really think that “Reddit Gold” was an excellent non-invasive monetization strategy.
Gold didn’t really do much but put a little coin above a comment, and it supported the site for a long time without having to pump in advertising, which many people would block anyway.
I gilded a total of 3 times maybe, over the years. And that $12 or whatever was way more than Reddit ever got out of me from ads, since I block them all.
@corytheboyd By “more servers” I mean “more instances”.
I figured, just saw my chance and shot my shot for the passers by
@corytheboyd Other fedi projects changed their public terminology to use “servers” instead of “instances”, which is why I said “more servers”.
We need a charity running this, like Wikipedia or Internet archive.
@econpol @corytheboyd i wonder what makes anybody think nobody will donate, quite a few fedi servers manage to survive off of donations
i think a couple of fedi servers are semi-private with paid accounts on a subscription basis, too
There is nothing wrong with having ads on a server. A server / instance should monetize itself like crazy if they want to. If users don’t like it, they now have options! They’re not stuck in a place like reddit.
That’s why I’m so excited by federation.