Does the Fediverse give you hope?

[gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de]

Yeah, it does give me hope. I've always been a lurker on Reddit, and it made me uneasy.

Here on feddit, i still find it difficult to express my thoughts in a direct and straightforward way, but at least i can try, and i feel like we're actually making progress, because people are listening and sometimes give well-thought-out responses. that makes me happy. We can both learn a lot.

Apart from that:

Friendly reminder if you have the financial means, donate to your instance, donate to the Lemmy devs, donate to Pixelfed or any other social media app fighting big social media. And better than a one-time donation, set up a monthly contribution even if it’s just $2/month. It really helps open-source developers when they have a steady income.

Yeah, please do. I've calculated that hosting the fediverse costs approximately $2/year/user, but the numbers vary a bit depending on how many files you upload. So, that's not a lot, but for a few thousand users, it would still amount to something. So, please, donate if you can, even if it's only $5/year.

[moseschrute@lemmy.world]

I think that’s what I’m feeling actually. Technology stopped being fun, and although I’m too young for tech in the 90s, Fediverse and open source do make me enjoy tech again!

[moseschrute@lemmy.world]

That’s unproductive imo. Nobody ever convinced someone to change their mind by calling them a selfish idiot. Unless your goal is to not convince them.

[db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Yes, currently the monthly donations exceed our hosting costs!

[nutsack@lemmy.world]

no because its broken as fuck for me here in Vietnam since you all put the fucking api behind a cloudflare proxy

[yerbouti@sh.itjust.works]

Oh dont worry, that's not what I tell people.

[pls@lemmy.plaureano.nohost.me]

I like the concept of the fediverse, just like I liked Fidonet back in the 80’s (that allowed BBSs to “exchange” both forum contents, called “echomail”, and private messages).

I have some issues on sustainability (hosting costs money, moderation and system maintenance can be a pain) and the “donation” model. My solution is that while I host for myself, and don’t really mind having some guest on my platform, I don’t take / accept donations - ever. My instance dies the moment I don’t have the resources to maintain it (money, time or patience). The main reason I don’t take donations is really simple: I don’t want to owe anyone anything, this is not a job or a burden I have to carry.

I have been hosting systems for 35+ years, and it’s all good with no money involved. It’s a blast dealing with the tech, really love it. Most of my systems and either one or two users (me and the wife).