i can’t stand megathreads – no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!

    • @Gullible
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      1 year ago

      Depending on how much the admin hosting this instance pays for it, I’d disagree. This is the largest instance by a fair margin so hosting costs* may not be a negligible expense anymore.

      • @sgtlighttree
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        21 year ago

        Yeah, as long as they’re both clear and non-intrusive, I might make an exception in uBlock…

      • Spaceman Spiff
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        21 year ago

        I just saw their financials. For May, their server costs were about $600, including their massive Mastodon server.

        Not a negligible expense, but easily recoverable from the 10k+ active users

        • @Gullible
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          11 year ago

          Any chance you could say where you found their financials? I’ve been fruitlessly searching for them for the last week.

          • Spaceman Spiff
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            It was posted in https://lemmy.ml/comment/1240593

            Direct link: https://blog.mastodon.world/april-and-may-2023-financial-update

            I just now noticed that these numbers are just for Mastodon.world, before they spun up Lemmy.world. But I also remember one of the bigger isntances posting about their massive server upgrade, and it was very much in line with these figures.

            ETA: There’s another blog post there with server specs: https://blog.mastodon.world/welcome-lemmy-world

            32-core/64 thread 128GB RAM dedicated server.

            • @Gullible
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              11 year ago

              Thank you, their financials seem not to be a big concern for now. I imagine the administrators will begin posting their patreon more frequently in this instance if costs become cumbersome in the long-term. I’m not certain whether they’re dipping into their relatively sizable savings from mastodon or whether they’re keeping funding separate, but they’re not in immediate danger, nonetheless.

    • @aceshigh
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      31 year ago

      how much does it cost to host instances? how is it paid for if not for ads or trophies?