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How best to support server hosts? Does “Support Lemmy” cover the bases? (i.imgur.com)

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

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When utilizing the "support Lemmy" drop-down menu of a specific instance, it directs users to the Lemmy project home page (https://join-lemmy.org). Is this considered to “cover all the bases” where support is needed?

I'm curious to hear from longstanding Lemmy users and admins if they have any input.

In the event that Lemmy attracts a significant number of users, I want to identify individuals or instances that may require assistance but lack a clear avenue for financial support.

For example, I have no doubt, third-party app developers may offer tip jars or subscriptions, alternative means of support. But there may be some contributors who could use support to carry the load of all of us users.

Thanks for your thoughts.

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[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If, you want to support the lemmy developers, they have a donations page HERE. To note, they are working FULL TIME on this project, as is my understanding, and donations are one of the only ways they are putting food on the table currently.

If, you want to support the lemmy infrastructure (ie, the servers running the instance you are connected to), check your server's sidebar and see if they accept donations. You may also contact the admins for your particular instance.

In the case of my server, for example- I do not accept donations. Donations, in my past experiences, leads to expectations between parties changing.

[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That and right now Lemmy probably needs development that benefits the whole community way more than individual servers. The network can't work of we hit hard scalability issues, but individual instances can come and go to fill the gaps. Global improvement to the server software can result in instances getting much cheaper to run with optimizations too.

[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 3 points 1 year ago

Agreed. But- what also helps a lot- is others pitching in development time to assist the project.

One thing that can also help dramatically- Is posting bounties on specific features.

Say- lots of users want.... a certain feature. Well- github allows posting bounties for things such as that. So- that would entice other developers to work on said features too.