If the reddit exodus happens and Lemmy gets even 2% of reddit’s daily active users, how will Lemmy sustain the increased traffic? I know donations are an option, but I don’t think long term donations will be sustainable. Most users will never donate.

I know the goal of Lemmy isn’t to make money, but I know that servers and storage costs add up quickly. Not to mention the development costs.

I would love to hear the plans for how to offset those costs in the future?

  • sam_uk@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think unless you invest in servers this week it will look like Lemmy.ml crashing and redditors not considering it a viable option. The proprietary alternatives will do well.

      • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Just arrived on Lemmy through join-lemmy.org, and I could quickly find a server.

        I first saw a post about lemmy.ml being out of capacity which lead me to join-lemmy.org

        I guess most of refugee will do the same.

        Still have to learn a lot, I still don’t know what are instance hosting, i guess profiles and subtopics, therefore if i interact on a sub hosted on lemmy.ml i guess I would also use it.

        Well, going to study this

        Thanks for this platform, even though reddit death was a liltle hope for me to waste less time on my phone !