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Why do people host Lemmy instances and how do they pay for them? (lemm.ee)

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[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Word to the wise, Lemmy devs prefer liberapay over patreon and opencollective.

https://liberapay.com/Lemmy/donate

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Do they explain why?

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[–] itsmikeyd@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago

Iirc, liberapay take a 0% cut.

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[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

I like that open collective has public auditing though, which I think is important for FOSS projects.

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[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago

You may well be correct, I simply read a comment that said they prefer Liberapay.

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