I’ll start:

  • Some significant portion of funds go towards development of the Lemmy software. 80%? Rest goes to lemmy instance hosting.
  • Ads are reasonable and non-intrusive (no popups etc)
  • People can still browse w/ an adblocker

I personally would gladly turn off my adblocker if I knew the ads were supporting development. Hell, I might even click a few!

  • Binthinkin
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    Everyone sucks at business. Everyone. Businesses is an art form. You can do anything you want with it.

    Check this out. Free isn’t a real thing. You cannot build a site in your free time and then give it away for free and expect people to pick up the slack.

    You need to charge people. So you need a secure way to handle information and payments.

    NOBODY wants ads anywhere anymore. It’s mind poison from another time.

    Creator owned platforms is where its at.

    Nebula.tv is a great example.

    If you cannot figure out a pay schedule then hire or collaborate with someone who does.