Daniel Supernault
The operational costs for:
https://pixelfed.social
https://pixelfed.art
https://pixelfed.org
https://fediverse.info
https://fedidb.org
https://loops.video
https://push.pixelfed.net
https://pubkit.net
Now exceed $4,000 USD per month, we currently get $1,465 from Patreon.
We could use your financial support more than ever while I build a foundation for long term financial support (think official hosting).
Please boost 🙏
Paul Orlando Caggegi
@dansup I just pledged to the Kickstarter! Let's make this happen.
MntyFrsh
@dansup Not sure if this is something that's already been suggested, but I feel that a giant "DONATE HERE" link in a very visible part of the Pixelfed UI would help tons.
MntyFrsh
@dansup Ah, good point.
Aaron
@dansup do you have a nonprofit?
I ask because if you do that means two things:
1: in the US I can donate using pretax dollars which allows me to contribute considerably more
2: I can submit those contributions to be matched 1:1 by my employer through Benevity
radioactivestardust
@dansup but why then do you want to have an onboarding that leads to one instance? It will raise the server costs even more and you can't meet the monthly costs atm? I don't understand
Roma Komarov
@dansup This was probably proposed, but: what if any instance could have some setting in it which says that it is ok with being a “general” one. Then, on the onboarding step, a random instance from a list of instances that participate would be selected, with some simple explanation for a user, a button to randomize it from the same list again, and then a link to all instances?
~n
@dansup I wonder how much of this cost is „cloud pricing overhead“
Aarno Aukia
@dansup I work in cloud infrastructure, let me know how I can also donate spare server capacity
rany
@dansup @mntyfrsh at least according to https://getonthestore.com/nonprofit-donation-apps/
> Apple’s 30% commission applies to payments made through in-app purchases (IAP). However, charitable donations are not processed through IAP, so this commission does not apply to donations made within your app.
Markus
@dansup I have joined #pixelfed only some days ago and love it aleady. I happily just joined you Patreon with a monthly donation! Keep on your good work 🥳
Samuel Lison :lagr_elephant:
@dansup as well as donations for the main servers, I think we need to push more on the idea of "decentralization" and teaching people how easy to it to setup your own instances or smaller communities. This reduces cost on the larger servers also. I run Mastodon and Pixelfed for myself and family, for example.
barczek
@dansup Is there a chance I can donate via PayPal
Roma Komarov
@dansup Mm, I think maybe we should have a bit more faith in the Fediverse, and other Pixelfed servers? That's why I mentioned the “pledge”, and why I mentioned some moderation over which servers are accepted. Of course, just random servers would be bad from many standpoints.
Not giving an option is saying “all other servers deserve no trust”.
Mark Dixon
@dansup how about ISPs host an instance for their customers as a value add. This is how usenet uses to work and it worked pretty well.
Jonathan Hartley
@dansup @kizu I adore you and respect all the work you do immensely, but "only I can do it right" does not sound sustainable, or even healthy for the idea of a distributed fedi. We can all agree that a *totally* random server would be unacceptable. But couldn't you pre-select one from a curated shortlist, while still providing the ability for knowledgeable or opinionated users to override that default?
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