The admin of the third largest Mastodon instance (16k monthly active users) is asking for help to pay rent

@rglullis@communick.news · 15d

The admin of the third largest Mastodon instance (16k monthly active users) is asking for help to pay rent

Blaze (he/him) · edit-2 15d

Thank you for providing data for LW, and thank you for your sysadmin work!

While we are talking, there have been occurrences of “power tripping” by some LW mods (e.g. https://lemmy.world/post/23229045/14411568?sort=New) , is there any mechanism to escalate this to you?

Ruud · 15d

Sending e-mail to info at lemmy dot world would be the best option. The team will pick that up.

(By the way: 2 EUR per year would be enough if every active user would donate that but they don’t)

Blaze (he/him) · 15d

Thanks, I might send an email later.

By the way: 2 EUR per year would be enough if every active user would donate that but they don’t

Indeed. Have you thought about promoting this in an announcement post?

Ruud · 15d

We have done before, but don’t do that often, so we don’t bother users too much. But we might do again soon, and maybe do a monthly post on the mastodons/sharkeys etc

Blaze (he/him) · edit-2 15d

Sounds good. db0 started to add flairs, including one for donators, maybe that’s something you can consider as well:

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/35858425?scrollToComments=true

@rglullis@communick.news · 15d

Phrased another way: “I don’t think you are allowed to make a living out of the work you do here, so thank you for accepting all this for free”.

Blaze (he/him) · 15d

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40374812/17470674