I'm doing my part!

What? Can't you just visit other specialized instances for it?

That's what https://fedinsfw.app/ is for.

I use libre Calc for my donations.

If you want to sum based on a criteria you can use sumif().

I use it to track what types of donations I make (deductible, political, etc)

I give monthly

Lemmy.world is a small project?

Yes, I make a recurring monthly donation via ko-fi.

Can you add a SEPA number to your post? I have zero interest in handing my account information to some middleman. Or in paying a random middleman, even, for that "service".

I was figuring someone would ask about this eventually, and I'd say: yeah. I work on Wikipedia with hundreds of thousands of active editors, millions of articles, some ungodly readership, a foundation behind us, a considerable hand in every commercial LLM on Earth, and an SEO that would make The North Face say "Yeah, I'll perform meticulous, reputation-damaging sabotage for that."

Likewise, I've worked for years on PCSX2, with a team of (I haven't counted, but) 25 or so. I don't remember because I never nosed into it, but I think we make less than Fedihosting (at €1300/mo right now for Fedihosting, that's €15,600/year). Despite currently being one of the most well-regarded emulators out there, everyone knows everyone, fuck knows nobody is turning a profit compared to the timesink, everyone is in it because they want to be there and enjoy the company and the work, and 99.9% of people on fhe street will give you a quizzical look if you point to that as a hobby – born out of not even knowing what the fuck that is.

I don't know the cost breakdown of what Fedihosting spends on servers, but I do know that there's probably not a lot of that €15,600 gross per year – if any – left over for the people (at least several; never checked) doing the hours of thankless, delicate work when your whole thing is hosting multiple social media platforms. Beyond that, the Fediverse is pretty small and certainly brings minimal glory. Usually at least some people know what PCSX2 is because they've used it. On the other hand, you need to be a very specific type to know what a "Lemmy.World" is (I wish that weren't the case).

I just meant like I thought this was the main lemmy project or something or is this just the most popular/default instance? I thought these guys built the whole lemmy ecosystem

Lemmy.ml is the instance of the lemmy creators I believe

Does using KoFi make accounting easier for you compared to direct transfer? Otherwise I'd highly recommend putting that bunq.me link way up there as well.

Just wired €10 🍀

I've been donating monthly for almost 3 years, and I'm gonna doubble my donation amount! (1€ -> 2€)

Done. 20€ and lots of appreciation.

https://bunq.me/fhf
Will edit the post later today

Only Ada at the moment addr1qyacucygjuc8lnnk76vxax6wejghhlvkq4t6cs0mxx49drwxef63ye5wqjeu2pd0afj8ytz2ty24rgzq96mlfyhdxdwq9xr45u

No

Yes I will put the link in the post later today. I am not home and am not logged in to lwadmin on the phone.

Most of the team is EU and US at the moment. But we can use help from all timezones

Good point. Will update the post and remember for upcoming donation posts

Sent 20 bucks - thanks a lot and lots of love to you!

Cheers, done

Donated, keep it going please!

Donated

This became the most popular instance bc Lemmy's devs run their own lemmy.ml instance with a strong tankie moderation angle, and many people don't like that.

Is that not the instance everyone hates because of their toxic politics, or something? Does that also reflect the Lemmy creators?

I don't follow the discourse myself, I just keep seeing people make derogatory references to it here and there.

Yup, the lemmy creators are straight up tankies.

I support a bunch of creators on Patreon, so have added you guys too. Thanks for being awesome.

and an SEO that would make The North Face say “Yeah, I’ll perform meticulous, reputation-damaging sabotage for that.”

Thanks, this sent me down a rabbit hole reading about the incident :D

If anyone else is interested: Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia - The North Face

Donated, thanks

I have now paid for shitposts thank you for your service

I wasn't necessarily endorsing it. Just pointing the fact out to avoid confusion.

Pssshh I donated but I'm not gonna make a comment about it

I would recommend reconsidering Wikipedia (ie. the Wikimedia foundation) since they have large reserves of money and their fundraising is misleading.

Wikipedia editors even sort of had a „revolt“ against the foundation because of the misleading fundraising banners.

Source

no.

Hey, are you still looking for moderators at Lemmy, or are you covered? Interested, because It could be another way to help.

Thanks, donated

For some reason I couldn't remember "IBAN" 😀

I didn't use this post. It was a week ago I clicked on the link on the top screen that said "donate to Lemmy.". I don't know exactly who the picture was, but I could recognize it as a left-wing revolutionary. It was that Spanish dude with a beard...Chavez I think. The picture was on Patreon and I think Librapay.

I'm not necessarily against him or left wing revolutionaries, but it felt like something the mods on News would use. After I thought about, I realized that whoever set up this instance probably controls the popular left wing communities. I would if I set up a website.

I don't know the history of the person in the picture, but it's commonly used by extremists. If I see that profile picture on Reddit, it means I'm about to read a comment from someone who thinks Bernie Sanders is a far-right capitalist.

Nobody is forcing you to pay. Nobody is forcing you to be an ass, either.

Is the foundation's BUNQ account still active? I have a recurring bank transfer pointed at it and I just want to make sure I'm not throwing money into a black hole. That's the NL78 BUNQ 2108 3219 85 account.

If it's still active, maybe consider putting it in the post? I'm sure direct bank transfers could save the foundation on processing fees.

i dunno maybe if the admins... oh wait they told me i'd be banned if i publicized their little whatsit so nevermind.

such mystery!

I figured it would be a decent amount. I set up a recurring payment via Patreon ages ago and I’m glad I did. My $5 USD/mo isn’t going to change the world, but I hope it helps.

D O N A T E D

https://makeagif.com/i/MqduUc

Is there a financial summary of sorts? That outlines expenses and categories?

I was honestly pretty surprised to open this and realize the call for donations doesn't have an included transparency report.

It's probably a heavy lift, but something like that can bring considerable confidence to users who want to support you financially.

Unfortunately my crypto wallet don't support transfers to this currency.

Wikirabbitholes are fun

5 dollar a month is amazing, that likely covers for you and hundreds of other people. Thank you!