It’s absurd that instance owners have to beg for support like it’s a favor.
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@stux/116002476574325878
It’s absurd that instance owners have to beg for support like it’s a favor.
If you rely on a service, do the grown-up thing and help pay for it.
Servers, storage, moderation, and uptime aren’t powered by vibes.
Even $5 / €5 helps.
Check your server’s About page. If you can afford a coffee, you can afford to contribute.
Parting shot: if Mastodon really cared about growing the ecosystem, funding tools would already be built in for #Mastoadmin use. Looking at you, @Gargron
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@jeff @Gargron Something build-in would be VERY welcome indeed
Currently it's spread on so many platforms since recieving money from world wide is still SO hard in 2026..
I have no idea what would be the best option though..
Another thing I REALLY want is proxy support for remote media instead of saving everything..
Pleroma/Akkoma/etcdoes so it so why can't Masto? I understand its not optimal but it does save a ton in media storage costs since we always need to store it for 90 day min
@jeff @Gargron And yes there are plenty other media storage providers out there
But we are currently at the 3rd in the past 6 years and I really dont wanna move it again if it's not necessary
Wasabi is reasonable cheap but like i said, we need to pay for at least 3 months for each file stored so it eats hard if federated media weighs in
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@stux/116002476574325878
It’s absurd that instance owners have to beg for support like it’s a favor.
If you rely on a service, do the grown-up thing and help pay for it.
Servers, storage, moderation, and uptime aren’t powered by vibes.
Even $5 / €5 helps.
Check your server’s About page. If you can afford a coffee, you can afford to contribute.
Parting shot: if Mastodon really cared about growing the ecosystem, funding tools would already be built in for #Mastoadmin use. Looking at you, @Gargron
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@jeff @Gargron Something build-in would be VERY welcome indeed
Currently it's spread on so many platforms since recieving money from world wide is still SO hard in 2026..
I have no idea what would be the best option though..
Another thing I REALLY want is proxy support for remote media instead of saving everything..
Pleroma/Akkoma/etcdoes so it so why can't Masto? I understand its not optimal but it does save a ton in media storage costs since we always need to store it for 90 day min
@stux @jeff @Gargron Yeah, I would appreciate something built-in as well, be it Paypal, Stripe, Patreon, Wero, SEPA, whatever… something that makes it easy to operate an instance for a monthly fee, maybe with a free trial of n months.
I think that would help many admins and would secure the fediverse as a whole… -
@stux @jeff @Gargron Yeah, I would appreciate something built-in as well, be it Paypal, Stripe, Patreon, Wero, SEPA, whatever… something that makes it easy to operate an instance for a monthly fee, maybe with a free trial of n months.
I think that would help many admins and would secure the fediverse as a whole…
