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The most recent blog post with financial information is from September as follows:

https://blog.mastodon.world/september-2025-updates-for-the-worlds-and-call-for-donations

  • BitsAndBites@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I setup a liberapay at the end of last year for a small recurring donation every 3 months ( since it was a smaller amount they had me do it quarterly instead ). If you contimue to use it regularly and can afford to throw them a cup of coffee’s donation monthly, think about signing up.

  • MintyFresh@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    5$ a month. I was just thinking about how I’d never pay for any kind of reddit anything. But this doesn’t feel all hurty in my soul. Ty for making a space that’s not hyper capitalist.

    • Ruud@lemmy.worldM
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      1 month ago

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    • Isaac (ieh)@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      You guys down there don’t always get the respect you deserve, and that includes one of the hallmarks of autumn: The return of pumpkin spice everywhere. I know Starbucks serves it globally around now, but it should be an autumn thing, not a spring thing, sooooo I’d imagine y’all are used to all that.

      And if not, the dropbears will get ya for disagreeing, so there’s that :)

      • Isaac (ieh)@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Ah, well, it’s, like, legally and morally autumn even if it doesn’t feel like it. lol. I grew up in Texas, so just think - you’re getting a good Texas start to the season, that’s all :) Stay cool, my friend!

  • Joelk111@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    What’s a suggested donation for an average user? I currently have €1/mo set up via LiberaPay.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      From what I know, non-profits can better calculate with regular lower but regular payments. I make a monthly payment of two Euro which isn’t the world but it’s steady, ends up a similar amount per year as you, and I won’t cancel this anytime soon.

      • Isaac (ieh)@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Thank you!

        I think if everyone did recurring we might be able to post a request like this less than twice a year, which I think isn’t too much, but it definitely is needed to help remind the one-time donators to consider donating again. But I’d definitely say it is all appreciated, though recurring does mean people will tend to set it and forget it. lol. That’s why mine is a monthly, for sure :)

  • Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    You could allow corporate sponsors. Why not have graphene OS, tuxedo computers and a phone outlet known for selling pixels?

    Could allow advertisements by user hosted businesses that donate some of their proceeds to Lemmy.

    Could start advertising on YouTube about how Lemmy is the better Reddit with a 10 second advertisement.

    I understand keeping the donation thing going like Wikipedia does but you might have better luck accepting some sponsors.

    Even Future4200 (open source cannabis knowledge site) ended up using in-house advertising and accepted sponsors from companies the users are known to gravitate towards, as well as in-house advertising for services that users provide. Like on Future4200 you can pay to get consulting from users and some of that money goes back to the site.

    A banner at the top of the site goes a long way, that’s all I’m gonna say.

    • zoloftt@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      It’s already semi-p2p by the way federation works. I think it would be highly ineffective to make it actually p2p.

      Imagine having every user host their own community on an instance. Then you have to federate across other users to have other content in the instance, . But instead of it being 400 instances now, it’s 77,000 instances all trying to stay current from various toshiba shitboxes.

      Content aggregation is more of a “master list” problem than a computing problem to solve. Which is easier from a central repo.

    • qaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      There is something like that called Plebbit, it’s a good example of all the downsides of such a system.

      It’s decentralized and “censorship proof” AKA completely unmoderated with all the spamming and unsavory content one might expect. The CSAM issue is mostly avoided because it doesn’t support any kind of media sharing (only plain text) due to the bandwidth for P2P connections and avoiding having to store that on the client. Last time I checked content also simply disappears when users disconnect.

      The federated system is better because it’s more efficient and scales better since only a couple hundred instances have to send/receive activity instead of hundred thousands of users individually. It also helps ensure content is moderated. Admins tend to keep their own instance clean and defederate from instances that don’t.

    • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      the 90%/9%/1% rule or whatever suggests that ~90% of users won’t give any effort, so any amount of friction like installing/debugging/managing/administrating their P2P setup is a no-go

  • okwhateverdude@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Hi admins! Could we get updated financial info for this year? Are the costs still the same? There was a tax bill last year, is there one this year? Did you ever find an accountant? As a small point of order, it’s better to have all of the financial info up to date before asking for more money.

    I setup a monthly reoccurring bank transfer last year, but I’d like to see current financial information to know if I need to adjust my transfer amount.

    • Isaac (ieh)@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I’m ashamed to say that I hadn’t noticed the year, only the month, on the blog post. One of my fellow admins pointed it out, but… that’s the most recent we have, so I’ve let it stand. lol. D’oh. It may be a little bit before someone can update that, but I’m adding some links to a few specific comments in this thread for tracking, so hopefully I can poke you when there is an update :)

      (And I’ve only been here a couple of months as an admin, so I only know some rough numbers - I think the costs are generally not that different, but I can’t swear to anything)

  • Today@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Which pay option has the least fees or admin costs? Want you to get all of what i send.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        One can presume the preferred option is their preference.

        But the preferred option makes little sense for Europeans in the SEPA region. SEPA transfers have no fees attached by law.

        • Ruud@lemmy.worldM
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          1 month ago

          SEPA is best for the European users. Ko-fi takes 0% on one-time donations and 5% on montlies. Liberapay takes 0%.

    • Isaac (ieh)@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      My understanding is Ko-Fi which is why it’s preferred. As others pointed out, payment processors take out some fees for card usage, and my understanding is that Ko-Fi takes the least. That said, we have options because most of them aren’t too bad, and all donations help :)

    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Probably Liberapay. They don’t take any fees because they’re also funded via donations. The only fees that occur on there are the payment processors (banks, credit card companies, PayPal, etc), and you have to deal with those fees no matter what