rglullis@communick.news to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoThe admin of the third largest Mastodon instance (16k monthly active users) is asking for help to pay rentmstdn.socialexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1549arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1538arrow-down1external-linkThe admin of the third largest Mastodon instance (16k monthly active users) is asking for help to pay rentmstdn.socialrglullis@communick.news to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square149fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-212 days agoThank 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?
minus-squareRuud@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 days agoSending 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)
minus-squareBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoThanks, 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?
minus-squareRuud@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoWe 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
minus-squareBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-212 days agoSounds 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
minus-squarerglullis@communick.newsOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·12 days agoPhrased 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”.
minus-squareBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agohttps://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40374812/17470674
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?
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)
Thanks, I might send an email later.
Indeed. Have you thought about promoting this in an announcement post?
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
Sounds good. db0 started to add flairs, including one for donators, maybe that’s something you can consider as well:
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”.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40374812/17470674