If the reddit exodus happens and Lemmy gets even 2% of reddit’s daily active users, how will Lemmy sustain the increased traffic? I know donations are an option, but I don’t think long term donations will be sustainable. Most users will never donate.

I know the goal of Lemmy isn’t to make money, but I know that servers and storage costs add up quickly. Not to mention the development costs.

I would love to hear the plans for how to offset those costs in the future?

  • Avian_Carrier@lemmy.ml
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    Please make mod tools a top priority. It’s absolutely asinine that I need to have someone comment in a community to add them as a mod.

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          Lemmy is not a company, it’s built by volunteers. If you want a corporate platform go to Reddit.

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            1 year ago

            Ban me now you cunt. You’ve more sensitive than Spez and I didn’t think that was even possible.

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                For real, I’m back today after a couple of days and there are so many removed comments. Why can’t we have nice things, people? *groans*

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              1 year ago

              I honestly can’t tell if

              removed by mod

              was removed by mod, or just an italicized removed by mod.

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                My browser is set to default to French (which I speak / am still learning) and to me it says

                supprimé par le modérateur

                so this one is real. A visual distinction could be nice, that might be a decent newcomer contribution to the codebase.

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          Bud, this is like going to someone’s house for a party and complaining that they don’t have your favorite beer. How about you go for a beer run?

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            That’s not even remotely the same and everyone that upvoted you is just as stupid. If you think mod tools are in a great state, you’re also delusional. Sorry you have such low standards to agree with the lazy admins releasing software that wasn’t ready.

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              I didn’t say anything was in a great state. I just said this software is like a party, no one’s here to serve you. You aren’t going to be catered-to because your eyeballs are worth selling. So if you want it to happen, help out. That’s how it works.