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Hachyderm admin: if we were to cost of the people working on this instance, it costs $1.50/user/month, $8.50/active user/month. (hachyderm.io)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I love how the first admin that reminds immediately says talk not working 32 hours a week lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Does this apply to lemmy 1/1?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, unless you want Lemmy instances without any admins.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good. I feel good about donating then

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That is orthogonal to the issue. Historically, only around 2% of the users donate, and the overwhelming majority thinks that donations should be only to cover the costs of hosting+hardware. What OP is showing is that the real cost that goes unpaid is the labor of the admins and moderators.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, and it’s a fair point as well.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wish to get paid for my labor writing this comment.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Do you really think your comment is as valuable of a contribution as those made by the ones running the servers and ensuring that the place is not run over by trolls and spammers?

Are you seriously that entitled to someone else's time and work?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It was an attempt at humor. :)

Ok let me say it in a better way. People who work in IT do it because they like it. Many of the first world wide web pages or YouTube videos were made without anyone wanting any money for it. There was no profit motive or expectation whatsoever.

That's why I thought it was funny to read how instance owners are doing labor without getting paid, as if that was the purpose of the instance. To get paid for running it.

To me that's funny. It's a bit like me painting a painting and putting it out there, and asking people to pay for my labor. The hours I spent making it. Because now the painting exists in the world. Who is gonna pay for it?

I believe instance admins are more than happy running the instance without profit motive. Because it's nice to be part of giving something to a community of people.