this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2024
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Don't know man. I'm not making enough in donations to pay for the server costs, never mind hiring lawyers. I'll deal with this when I have to 😅
Wait really? Fuck I will donate you something. Also if you ever need legal help I know the EFF can support you on that.
Wait, how do we donate?
There's two big links in the sidebar
Sweet, set up periodic donations, hopefully ive covered my costs of use
I'm on mobile so can't see the sidebar, but did you fix it so the donation is for something innocuous? Like I want to donate to you to buy your mom flowers or something, not to run a piracy oriented server.
It's just to add a layer of protection for everyone around, including you.
Then I recommend upgrading your mobile experience to one that does. I personally prefer Voyager, "an Apollo-like open source web client for Lemmy. It's a mobile-first app, but works great on desktop devices, too."
Voyager PWA: https://vger.app/ Source code: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager
The liberapay just supports my Foss work
I’m signing up for a recurring donation because I think you personally are the GOAT, but one bit of advice:
It isn’t obvious that the images are links to the donation page. I’m relatively tech literate and I read the sidebar three times looking for a “DONATE HERE” hyperlink. Maybe consider making it a bit more idiot proof so fools like me can more easily throw money at you. 😉
The "please help cover server costs" is not clear? Should I write also "press one of the icons below"? Before a couple of months it was just text Btw, but I changed it to make it pop out more
Honestly, I feel like such a dumbass for not realizing it was a link, but yeah, “click the pirate coffee mug below” would have saved me some confusion.
In any event, I’m more than happy to donate to you, and will definitely do what I can to keep us going. If you get in a jam, let the members know—we’ve got your back. Best instance in the Fediverse!
Much appreciated. Honestly I've been kinda stumped on making my efforts somehow rewarded. My liberapay projects lists is like 2 pages long, but I get less funding than most. I don't know how others get thousands.
It’s awareness. If I’d really thought about it, it would have been obvious to me that I should contribute, but most mobile apps hide the sidebar, and “out of sight, out of mind” as they say.
I would find it interesting to see a sort of “state of the union” post every month or so where you tell us the cool FOSS stuff you’re working on, how the servers are evolving, and how well the donations are covering your costs. No need to beg, just let the facts of the situation be known and jog our memories that we all have to band together to keep this place running.
Honestly, this whole conversation has lit a fire under my butt. I’m going to make a Santa Claus run through all my favorite trackers and FOSS projects, and it is all because you made me think for a bit. I imagine there must be others like me who would love to help, but just get caught up with their own lives.
Do y’all hear me, fellow pirates? Our captains need us! Heed the call! Put your money where your FOSS is!
Edit: screw it, I’m going to triple my donation. You deserve it.
Hmm, I think you are right about those icons. I've just tweaked the layout slightly to make it more obvious what they represent with a text link underneath each one. Hopefully that'll help others figure it out.
All instances should have the donation links at the top of the sidebar tbh, and an infographic or something to show how far along they are to paying for monthly server costs.
The infographic would be so nice!
We so
Do you think a warrant canary would help? Basically post something ASAP that says "I haven't been served any IP subpoenas as of today." Then, update the statement every so often unless you get served.
Warrant canaries are an untested tactic
I appreciate the candid response (though I'm not from your server).
Here's hoping you don't anything annoying come your way.
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