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So how does lemmy make money? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by _danny@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm not seeing any ads, and these servers certainly have a cost.... So is this place entirely donation based, or what?

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[–] ratboy@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I think lemmy.ml was getting money from NLnet by completing Milestones, but now that they're scrambling to handle bugs and doing Q&A constantly I think they're losing out on that funding. At least that's what Dessalines reported, I believe