For those that weren’t there for the mastadon growth, it came is several waves. the reddit blackout begins tomorrow 6/12. Are the Lemmy sysadmins expecting a second wave of growth? If so how big?

  • Banzai51@midwest.social
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    2 years ago

    In any federation based solution, the big issue is will server owners be able to afford the surge in popularity.

    • semi [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      The reddit blackout make me realize that I would be willing to pay for a monthly subscription in return for ad-free access and to support ongoing hosting and development.

    • Thefingolfin @beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      Indeed. Do we need to repost some donation links? I feel making that visible to new people will be key