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The admin of the third largest Mastodon instance (16k monthly active users) is asking for help to pay rent (mstdn.social)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Please, tell me how "paying for hardware costs is enough"...

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think people would react poorly if server donations went to personal expenses before server expenses.

The distinction is an illusion. If a person can't afford to live, and a part of their life is running a server, who gives a fuck which dollar goes where?

(Other than all the dipshits who offer 0 and demand anything more than nothing.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It depends on if the shortfall in rent is coming from something server related. If stux is pulling a good salary for his hosting work and the shortfall just came from a different job falling through, that's a fine time to ask for donations, but not something people would feel warrants shutting down the server rather than taking out a loan.