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How can the fediverse scale and grow to large communities like Reddit without large infrastructure and servers? How can a non-profit driven platform afford to keep the lights on if this takes off? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Some instances are able to generate donations to cover costs.

The mastodon instance I use (sfba.social) currently has enough donations to last 8 months. I donate $3 per month.

The Lemmy instance I use (lemmy. world) already has a Mastodon instance with enough donations to cover both. Once they separate funds I will donate to them as well.

TL;DR - Satisfied users donate towards costs.

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