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The operational costs for:

pixelfed.social
pixelfed.art
pixelfed.org
fediverse.info
fedidb.org
loops.video
push.pixelfed.net
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 🙏

pixelfed.org/support-our-proje…

in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

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.
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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
MntyFrsh
Ah, good point.
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

It is incredible what is being accomplished here for this amount on money. Public social media is us. Now is our time. We can make this happen. Please donate what you can to Pixelfed. ☝️
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

Build a foundation with Mastodon's team ? It would be more powerful an easier for us (users of the fediverse) to participate, donate, etc...
in reply to myrmepropagandist

All necessary info and alternative payment methods: pixelfed.org/support-our-proje…

Direct link to Patreon: patreon.com/dansup

@dansup

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in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

Le message précédent de @dansup concerne l'instance originale de Pixelfed, mais n'oublions pas que nous sommes nous-mêmes sur des instances financées uniquement par les dons, et c'est ce qui fait l'autonomie, notamment politique, du #fediverse. Alors si vous le pouvez, pensez, de temps en temps, à verser quelques euros aux admins de votre instance Mastodon, Peertube ou autre : c'est le prix de la liberté et de l'indépendance !

#autonomie #liberté

in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

Should those of us who are willing and able to migrate to other instances, to lighten both financial and administrative load?
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

Is there a open document that explains cost per item? And maybe get some companies to pitch in to ensure existence for the future?
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

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

in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

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
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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
radioactivestardust
but they understand discord, i know it's a complicated step, but can't you orientate on how mastodon is doing it? I feel that worked pretty well, adding the alternative but otherwise lead them to pixelfed?
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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
Roma Komarov
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?
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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
Roma Komarov

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”.

in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

So, you have 8 websties to maintain, 4 software projects to write and you've been taking on more stuff recently.

I MUST warn you about the dangers of burnout at this point.

in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

I work in cloud infrastructure, let me know how I can also donate spare server capacity
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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
Johannes
@kizu I think you should at least try to explain it. Mastodon did a good job with that too. Moving between instances should also be a feature with priority. 🙂
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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
Nico
how about putting the same dedication in your software, you claim for your hosting? Like proper image support, using out-of-date libraries or a GDPR compliant exporter?
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in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

Even I don't have an account, you'll get a dollar a month through liberapay for the next 3 years. Since Meta blocked Pixelfed, there must be something. I like real competition for commercial platforms.
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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
~n
I don‘t even know what „worry about devops“ means in that context.
(This is not a question)
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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
Leandro (Cerberus1746)
@mntyfrsh Make it big in all other platforms. Or, better, instead of a donation window, have the donation display a message saying "Apple sucks, please donate with another platform"
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

I hope you reach soon the financing you need, but please, don't lay the rest of instances aside, because they are what will make PixelFed thrive.
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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
rany

@mntyfrsh at least according to getonthestore.com/nonprofit-do…

> 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.

in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

woah, with those numbers it’s probs worth getting an architect in to suggest cost optimisations
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

"The Pixelfed homepage and "support our project" page both have a banner directing people to a Kickstarter that's almost 200% funded. I wonder if they've cannibalized their own donations by steering people there."

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

I have joined #pixelfed only some days ago and love it aleady. I happily just joined your Patreon with a monthly donation! Keep on your good work 🥳
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in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

I want to become a supporter. Which of the three support channels do *you* prefer?
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

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.
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

»Official hosting« would be awesome! If you set up something similar to masto.host, I would be very interested in running my own Pixelfed/Loops instance under my own domains with you.
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

y'know, making the Loops app less about federation and pointing everyone to your own servers doesn't help with this 😛
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

hello! If anybody in your team is in southern Arizona and considering collocation space with transit, please reach out!
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

I had never thought that the project was going through so much difficulty. Have you ever thought about presenting the project to a college, or collaborating with a foundation like Blender Org or Ubuntu? Maybe this will help reduce costs
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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
SkipfordJ
@bookstardust Isn't "fediverse" half of the name of "pixelfed"? Isn't federation the point?
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

Wer sagt den Neuen, dass, wer kann, im Fedi Geld geben soll, weil keine Aufmerksamkeit und keine Daten verkauft werden?
Es braucht mehr Ehrlichkeit beim Geld, finde ich.
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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
Jonathan Hartley's old account
@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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mastodon - Collegamento all'originale
BrikoX
@mntyfrsh the irony of alternative to Big Tech still beholden to Big Tech...
in reply to (dan)iel (sup)ernault

was looking for the zap button to send your one sats - then reliased this is not #Nostr