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@ShariVegas @thomaslewis @graf You're kind of right, but the business model is actually "beg for donations once the sysop has been financially devastated by paying for the service out of pocket". I've also seen "refuse to beg for donations, then close down due to complete apathy since it becomes nothing but a time and money sink for the sysop". Both these models are bad for the stability of the fediverse and any other service. We need to move to a model where people pay for their use, and stop expecting everything to be free. This isn't Twitter where saudi shitheads are bankrolling the server bills and admin work. Opt-in donation systems are retarded because there will always be more parasites than paychads, and frankly I don't like donating just to support the 90% who never donate.
If you can't afford a few bucks maybe it's time to get a job.
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@af2 @ShariVegas @thomaslewis @graf
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@ShariVegas @thomaslewis @graf copying the business model of social media sites operated using deep pocket angel investor money, while not having any actual angel investors is always funny to watch unfold.
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@af2 @thomaslewis @graf The fediverse doesn't have that kind of business model. And truly, that business model is utterly destructive to the consumers. It kills my brothers and sisters.
We have to change this. People spend upwards of $100/month on individual streaming services making media that intentionally targets us to force our hand into their favor. Get rid of Disney+, and pay your Sysop with it instead. graf and I host peertube instances, for example, and there's an incredible amount of content available out there.
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Please, if you respect and love the availability of ad-free and spy-free services, don't bring your sysops to their knees to ask for donations to keep your favorite services online.
@graf had to remind people that his network of services wouldn't make it unless he got a day job, and he caught a lot of heat - and love - as a result. But I hate to watch him come to that point, because it could just as easily be me.
Well, actually, it kinda is us. NHTB survives because of the love we have for our little community, and our fallen brother (no, he's not dead) Illuminazi paid for it out of his pocket for years, and @thomaslewis before that as well.
While on the other hand, misskey.io is rumored to have raked in $10k recently. A Japanese instance, and since I can't read moonrunes anymore, I don't know what they're talking about. But they really got quite the boost from whatever caused their instance to get flooded suddenly.
Friends, this isn't about me, or graf, or japs, this is about the preservation of our communications infrastructure. This is about the love for our White brothers and sisters. This is about preserving your mind and sanity - such as it is - by providing services that aren't there to specifically target your hormones and make you the product. This is about excising the ghosts of Edward Bernays and Sigmund Freud from our technology, so that we can have a healthy future, hand-in-hand with these technologies.
Please, if you can, donate gladfully to the sysops running the services you use. If you can't, try to encourage others who can to do the same. I would even appreciate your fervent prayers in our case, for the strength and resolve to keep this wagon going, however we can. Please, I beg of you, don't make me, my friends or compatriots beg for donations.
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