I’ve had it fixed in my head that covering hosting costs is just my job as admin, and I’ve been fine with that. But I’ve been rethinking it lately.
If someone wants to contribute to keeping this place running, who am I to say no? Feels a little rude to cut people out of something they actually want to be part of. lemmy.radio is a community, not my personal project I’m sharing.
I’m looking at Open Collective as a way to do this transparently. You’d be able to see exactly what the instance costs and where any contributions go, but I’d love to hear about other options.
Nothing’s set up yet. Wanted to float it here first and hear what you think. Open to other suggestions too.
FYI I’ve done this so far: opencollective.com/lemmyradio
73,
Ben w0odl
667@lemmy.radio 3 days ago
Ben, this is great. Your labors of being an admin cover such a wide amount of work it would be hardly fair to be expected to also shoulder all of the consumption costs as well, especially as a user base grows.