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   David Carroll (profcarroll@federate.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 08:47:22 JST David Carroll

   To support our instance at https://federate.social this #GivingTuesday consider a monthly contribution on https://ko-fi.com/profcarroll and keep :elmo_fire: billionaire-proof social media servers alive and :mastodondance: well federated.

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     David Carroll (profcarroll@federate.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 08:47:18 JST David Carroll

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     I think the idea of millions of servers with 100 members who pay $1 a month is a highly sustainable model of decentralized social media. It’s been really easy to manage my duties as an admin this past year and anyone who is thinking of running a server next year, I’m happy to chat. I think launching more smaller instances is the way to go and grow because the federation actually works when it works.

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     David Carroll (profcarroll@federate.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 08:47:19 JST David Carroll

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     Q: How much does it cost per user per month to run your mastodon instance on masto.host?

     A: We have a small group of around 100 consistently active members who generate significant interactions, a few with high follower counts. Next year, the budget is $1 per active user per month to run https://federate.social so presently a subset of generous members are supporting our local community and the #fediverse more broadly. #GivingTuesday

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     David Carroll (profcarroll@federate.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 08:47:20 JST David Carroll

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     Q: Where does the money go, Dave?

     A: All donations on my ko-fi go straight to paying our masto.host subscription which will cross the threshold of $99/mo next year after originally launching with only $9/mo of capacity just over a year ago. #GivingTuesday