_danny@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoSo how does lemmy make money?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squareSo how does lemmy make money?_danny@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-text
I’m not seeing any ads, and these servers certainly have a cost… So is this place entirely donation based, or what?
minus-squaretekeous@apollo.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 years agoIt costs me exactly $4 a month to operate my server. If it grows to the point where I have to ask for donations, I will, but for now I operate it at my own expense because I can afford it.
minus-squarebrandon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoOut of curiosity, what are you doing for hosting? I’m interested in hosting an instance, but I’m not sure what kind of hardware to throw at it.
minus-squaretekeous@apollo.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoI’m using a Hetzner cloud box running Ubuntu
minus-squaremonomon@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWow, that’s really cheap! I should check it out now.
minus-square𝕸𝖗. 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖗𝖆𝖉𝖊 𝕿𝖆𝖈𝖔@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agohttps://youtu.be/4fzCUEpFnDg
It costs me exactly $4 a month to operate my server. If it grows to the point where I have to ask for donations, I will, but for now I operate it at my own expense because I can afford it.
Out of curiosity, what are you doing for hosting? I’m interested in hosting an instance, but I’m not sure what kind of hardware to throw at it.
I’m using a Hetzner cloud box running Ubuntu
Wow, that’s really cheap! I should check it out now.
https://youtu.be/4fzCUEpFnDg
Nice, thank you!