_danny@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoSo how does lemmy make money?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareSo how does lemmy make money?_danny@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year 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-up38·1 year 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-up4·1 year 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-up6·1 year agoI’m using a Hetzner cloud box running Ubuntu
minus-squaremonomon@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWow, that’s really cheap! I should check it out now.
minus-square𝕸𝖗. 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖗𝖆𝖉𝖊 𝕿𝖆𝖈𝖔@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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!