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How is Lemmy going to make money? (lemmy.ml)

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

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If the reddit exodus happens and Lemmy gets even 2% of reddit's daily active users, how will Lemmy sustain the increased traffic? I know donations are an option, but I don't think long term donations will be sustainable. Most users will never donate.

I know the goal of Lemmy isn't to make money, but I know that servers and storage costs add up quickly. Not to mention the development costs.

I would love to hear the plans for how to offset those costs in the future?

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[–] matt 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

It's per month, not per year, so per year they're receiving €336K, which seems more than enough to me unless people are demanding 6 figure salaries which are not really necessary.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Hmm ok, I'm not that aware of how much tax and what general cost of living is in the countries the 7 people are living in, so I guess €4000 (before tax)/month could be enough...

[–] matt 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

It depends entirely where people live, even inside countries can differ drastically - as an example, I currently live on around £23,000 a year before tax (about €29,000) while living alone and have no issues and am able to save a decent amount. This is in the north of England, but if you were to go further south, you would need a bit more most likely.

The discourse on the internet is that you seemingly need some crazy amount of money, but the average wages of places are nowhere near the figures people give, and most people are living alright, even if it's not particularly extravagant.

This isn't to say people should be living on scraps or anything, we're all underpaid at the end of the day, but the usual "6 figures is barely getting by" you see on many (US-centric) places on the internet is verifiably false in the vast majority of places.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah hence why I said idk the cost of living and €4k might be enough. I also live in the north of England, on (28k but just went up to) 34k before tax but since I live in the city center of a big city, it's not a huge amount.. and I have a housemate

Edit and we're not talking close to 6 figs here, another user pointed out that €4k/month before tax is not even €50k a year so if they're living in a city that costs more than the relatively-lower cost north of England, they're not in good shape.

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