• Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    I’m too new here to be making these kinds of assumptions but whenever I see someone complaining about Ada and team, I’m thinking these might be ‘free speech’ people that want the right to enter every club without paying the admission, adhering to the dress code and full reign to insult the regulars, staff and owner. Real life doesn’t work that way so why should social media?

    So far I’m more than happy and impressed with the Blåhaj instance. And even if I move to another instance or mbin or something, I’m still happy to respect the Blåhaj way when I’m in that house.

    This federation thing gives me a different outlook on this kind of thing compared to Reddit. When you say “admin” here, you’re not talking about some rich incel, you’re talking about people putting their time and effort into providing spaces for people to gather and form communities. Probably for little reward.

    • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOP
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      2 days ago

      This federation thing gives me a different outlook on this kind of thing compared to Reddit. When you say “admin” here, you’re not talking about some rich incel, you’re talking about people putting their time and effort into providing spaces for people to gather and form communities. Probably for little reward.

      Definitely. Special shout out to admins like @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected] @[email protected] ,@[email protected] or @[email protected] . Great people running great instances

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        2 days ago

        Thanks!

        I should add that there is almost exclusively cost to being an admin. For example, I pay around $5000/year to host demo.sublinks.org, discuss.online, matrix.discuss.online, social.photo, and utter.online. I take in a negligible amount of donations. Plus, I spend a lot of time moderating content and maintaining infrastructure.

        • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOP
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          2 days ago

          Are you comfortable with this? I’m sure a few discuss.online users wouldn’t mind helping a bit financially

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            19 hours ago

            Yeah, I am for now. However, if I lost my job or something major happened I’m not sure I’d be able to keep paying for it all. I should probably do better at fund raising. 🤔