• douglasg14b@lemmy.world
    161·
    8 小时前

    Is there a financial summary of sorts? That outlines expenses and categories?

    I was honestly pretty surprised to open this and realize the call for donations doesn’t have an included transparency report.

    It’s probably a heavy lift, but something like that can bring considerable confidence to users who want to support you financially.

  • NateNate60@lemmy.world
    12·
    15 小时前

    Is the foundation’s BUNQ account still active? I have a recurring bank transfer pointed at it and I just want to make sure I’m not throwing money into a black hole. That’s the NL78 BUNQ 2108 3219 85 account.

    If it’s still active, maybe consider putting it in the post? I’m sure direct bank transfers could save the foundation on processing fees.

  • Dran@lemmy.world
    112·
    2 天前

    I’d love to understand the costs associated with a project like this. Do you have a breakdown anywhere of where money goes each month?

      • moleverine@lemmy.world
        1·
        12 小时前

        I figured it would be a decent amount. I set up a recurring payment via Patreon ages ago and I’m glad I did. My $5 USD/mo isn’t going to change the world, but I hope it helps.

      • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
        55·
        2 天前

        Goddamn, I thought it was cheaper! I donate already to my instance and dev but I’ll throw what I can your way too.

      • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
        40·
        2 天前

        We keep a blog but it’s way overdue…

        Hugely understandable. It’s so much rougher than people think for a small project to maintain a consistent blog. Thank you for the posts you do have!

          • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
            131·
            1 天前

            I was figuring someone would ask about this eventually, and I’d say: yeah. I work on Wikipedia with hundreds of thousands of active editors, millions of articles, some ungodly readership, a foundation behind us, a considerable hand in every commercial LLM on Earth, and an SEO that would make The North Face say “Yeah, I’ll perform meticulous, reputation-damaging sabotage for that.”

            Likewise, I’ve worked for years on PCSX2, with a team of (I haven’t counted, but) 25 or so. I don’t remember because I never nosed into it, but I think we make less than Fedihosting (at €1300/mo right now for Fedihosting, that’s €15,600/year). Despite currently being one of the most well-regarded emulators out there, everyone knows everyone, fuck knows nobody is turning a profit compared to the timesink, everyone is in it because they want to be there and enjoy the company and the work, and 99.9% of people on fhe street will give you a quizzical look if you point to that as a hobby – born out of not even knowing what the fuck that is.

            I don’t know the cost breakdown of what Fedihosting spends on servers, but I do know that there’s probably not a lot of that €15,600 gross per year – if any – left over for the people (at least several; never checked) doing the hours of thankless, delicate work when your whole thing is hosting multiple social media platforms. Beyond that, the Fediverse is pretty small and certainly brings minimal glory. Usually at least some people know what PCSX2 is because they’ve used it. On the other hand, you need to be a very specific type to know what a “Lemmy.World” is (I wish that weren’t the case).

        • Ruud@lemmy.worldM
          5·
          1 天前

          Yes I will put the link in the post later today. I am not home and am not logged in to lwadmin on the phone.

      • Zedstrian@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        5·
        1 天前

        It seems like that page might not be taking into account income from other platforms though; it estimates the annual budget as being €4,000, despite the official monthly budget (as listed on their Mastodon blog as of last September) being €1,700.