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Comment on If lemmy.world became the biggest in the fediverse with a user base that could rival Reddit. Would it become monetized?

FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I already pay a few bucks a month into the kitty for this instance, because I’d rather be out the price of a coffee than deal with corporate bullshit, AI, the algorithm, and GD motherfucking ads.

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I and not nocking the creators or admins but have you ever wondered what they do with that money?

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- southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  They’ve given info on that before.
  
  They spend it.
  
  That’s only partially a joke. It pretty much all goes to keeping the instance running right.
  
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- BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Genuine question to you: do you seriously think that data bandwidth, drive space, and domain ownership are all free?
  
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  - Don_Dickle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    No that is why I donated one of my paychecks. So they could buy a server
    
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- FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Nope.
  
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- GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  What do you mean? Do you think that at everywhere and for everything you buy? It’s not a charity
  
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  - Don_Dickle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    No but I just want to see money well spent. Including my money.
    
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