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I'm pretty new to the fediverse, and I find the idea amazing. But one thing concerns me though. How will server owners be able to afford to run servers with massive amounts of data coming through them? Theoretically speaking, if a Reddit migration were to happen how would server upkeep costs look like?

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[–] DudePluto 4 points 1 year ago

if every local user would donate 1 cent each month we would get more in donations than our total costs are

This is a really solid selling point. Every admin should do this math and ask for donations like this. I know I often fall into the trap of feeling like I need to donate more. Because it's a bigger bite of my budget, I end up procrastinating and not donating. But reading this, I would more readily donate an amount that's more comfortable to me but also accounts for other users' portions