Cross-posted from “We have to solve the money problem!” by @[email protected] in [email protected]
Personal note: 5K a month is absolutely absurd for 17 MAU. lemmy.world does that at 1/10 the cost. /0 could probably handle it as is, or maybe with some small increases. Likewise, we have enough donations to cover our infra costs since day 0, and I’m terrible at outreach! I don’t know what they’re hosting on, but this also sounds self-inflicted to some extent.
Follow up interview: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/clarifying_costs_of_running_the_fediverse_with_jerry_from_infosec.exchange
Based on other comments, Mastodon seems quite resource hungry
Goddamnit, I knew there would have been some discussion about it already but stupid lemmy search just wouldn’t turn up the big thread.
PS: Yet another blaze account eh?
.zip instances are always great, couldn’t let this one slip
I assume yours is run by the same person behind lemmy.zip?
Yes, @[email protected] !
Yikes that’s some beefy hardware and capacity.
Thanks for the link, answered the dumb questions my mind popped up as well.