cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16660104
Consider supporting Lemmy development or donating to your local server if you have the means. Peace!
If you need to show me an ad every once in a while I’m all for it. I’m not saying go full Reddit, but as a non-profit, please try and break even. Financial instability is just as bad as getting hacked or ddos’d.
Wikipedia managed to do it on donations only. Federated social media is similar in many ways and I think it’s entirely possible that we may get development and hosting to be funded in a similar fashion.
And most open source projects run under this model. I’m leaving if ads appear tbth
The more this looks like Reddit the more likely I am to just switch back.
I think the lesson that should be beginning to crystallise in people’s minds these days is that we have to pay. If we don’t, we get Facebook, Digg, Reddit, etc. We get inevitable enshitification. I mentioned Wikipedia because I think paying for it has sunk into many people’s minds already. And generally we don’t need everyone to pay. If the ones that can afford to spare a few bucks a month, do, it’ll be enough.
Wikipedia is different. It’s a lot more static to begin with.
You need a whale to keep this thing afloat, and if you get a whale, you also have to bend the knee.
I’d rather see some ads and reasonable employee compensation than relying on a wealthy benefactor.
