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Lemmy's total users continues to surge to over 1.1 million, up from 740k yesterday!
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this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
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It's a good thing but also might not be good if hosting costs become unsustainable. I hope we can cope.
Maybe for a time we could donate. But longterm I think advertisers and REASONABLY priced API access might make sense.
Also it might be better to host the pictures externally. And run the pict-rs server as an imgur alternative or even use imgur and giphy as a hoster. They have pretty decent prices.
Edit: To all the downvoters. Do you really think a site that manages hundreds of thousands of accounts and pictures is indefinitely going to be run without problems by a few guys for free?
I'm happy to transfer my Reddit Premium subscription over to here to help fund instances while they work out a long-term model. I know servers aren't free.