Do you donate to your Lemmy instance? Why or why not?

1984, 10 months ago

No :) Instances are cheap and instance admins run them to help users escape reddit and other crap platforms.

CorrodedCranium, 10 months ago

No. I typically do donations to projects I appreciate like Wiki Media through cryptocurrency and I don’t think that’s supported by my instance.

Jackthelad, 10 months ago

I didn’t know you could do this tbh.

utopianfiat, 10 months ago

It’s usually in your instance’s sidebar, if you open the instance main page it may have a donation link

leraje, 10 months ago

Both to the instance I’m on, because hosting and bandwidth costs money and to the Lemmy software devs because I’d like them to be able to concentrate on developing Lemmy.

mp3, 10 months ago

No, because lemmy.ca doesn’t take donations yet.

NENathaniel, 10 months ago

Was about to comment this. I plan to donate once it’s registered as a non-profit

Curious_Canid, 10 months ago

Yes. I have donated to several instances that I use. These are individuals or small groups and they’re paying the costs out of their own pockets. Since I am benefiting from what they do I want to contribute.

lakemalcom10, 10 months ago

Yes. Since my data is not being sold to a 3rd party to pay for this app, it makes sense to me to pay some of those costs myself.

rikudou, 10 months ago

I’m the admin of it, donating to myself sounds weird.

utopianfiat, 10 months ago

Selfhosting lemmy users ordering dinner for themselves: “Yeah I’m donating to my lemmy instance”

rikudou, 10 months ago

Well, in that case I donated food to my instance admin several times today!