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How do people feel about donating to the server? (self.general)

submitted 1 year ago by trouser_mouse to c/general

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How do people feel about donating to keep things running smoothly and making sure there are adequate resources and compensation for those involved in running .world instance?

I'm curious as I think this kind of rapid growth will be the first time the model is really being tested - as in, large rapid growth in users and activity resulting in sudden higher running costs.

I feel transparent engagement would be good to understand what the current costs are, how that scales and how people involved in keeping things running are fairly compensated for their time and effort.

Also having an issue tracker, roapmap etc public and real engagement let people see who and what they are investing in.

It's an awesome job to see the server still standing after such a huge influx!

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[–] Fortychops 25 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I would be happy to donate, however I would like to be differentiated from users who haven’t donated. Maybe with a status symbol, some thing like a blue checkmark beside my name perhaps?

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

Nah, I don’t care. I don’t wear a gold star to basketball when I sweep the court, bring the pennies, or we use my ball - it’s part of being able to play.

Could I stand up my own instance? Yes. Do I want that headache? Fuck no. I’ll chip in any time my instances think they’ll need the cash. It’s what a community does.

Oh and, for the record, Fuck Spez. I’m never giving that money grubbing whore a single cent.

[–] Fortychops 6 points 1 year ago

I was being completely sarcastic.

Fuck u/Spez

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