Did you not see the breakdown of where the money goes? These aren’t being paid out to these people individually they’re not getting paid a salary. They donate their time. All the money goes to the functioning of the Fediverse and .worlds.
Comment on September 2025: Updates for the .worlds and call for donations
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 days agoOkay, but what if a dev on .world is a tankie? Who can risk their money going towards a functioning community website if there’s any chance someone I hate might cover rent and groceries?
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
MrKaplan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
they’re referring to Lemmy developers, not someone using/running .world
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2 days ago
The comment you replied to is sarcastic. We should support tne good work even though some of that support goes to people we don’t like personally.