Just upped my monthly contribution to my local Mastodon instance. Please support your local instance if you have the means. Decentralization is what keeps the fediverse free and weird.
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@mattblaze Does yours make their finances completely transparent?
@VogueLaGalere Why do you ask? Are you interested in donating to the instance I use? My suggestion is that you donate to the instance YOU use. I suggest you inquire with them directly if you have concerns about their finances. (I have no concerns about the finances of mine.)
@mattblaze Can I do that in Gaza?
@mattblaze Hell fucking no, they're protecting the Twatzis and the data centers. Fuck techbros, they're all corrupt.
what do people think of the npr/ pbs funding model?
individual donations but also, assuming the sponsors were screened for not being shitty companies, like they get a shout out for their big donation on the sidebar or something
i mean it's been working for decades for pbs and npr and no one is grabbing their pitchforks over that. i know some will, someone will always grab their outrage pitchforks about any change, no matter good bad or meh. but shit needs to get paid
Right, mines automated, but old, i will up it.
@mattblaze an additional suggestion for people who can afford it: consider making a contribution to a fediverse instance you are not on, but that strikes you as important and good. For example if it had great moderation, hosts a bunch of interesting contributors, serves a group or population you care about, or has a lot of scientists or journalists.
Nobody running an instance gets rich, and it gets more and more expensive keeping this running.