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Why do people host Lemmy instances and how do they pay for them? (lemm.ee)

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[–] Dawn 66 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Alot of the larger instances have user donations set up so that the servers can be maintained, this is how lemmy.world works

[–] subtext 5 points 2 years ago

You can do your part! I set up a recurring donation recently, recurring donations are much better for the sustainment of an instance since the owner knows they can keep running and not have to worry about intermittent donations.