@Wolf @stux

I frame it like this:

In days of yore, I would willingly pay for a couple of magazines to peruse every month for info & entertainment.

Now?

Now I put those dollars towards Stux running this instance so I can peruse Mastodon for info & entertainment!

#SupportYourInstance !

What @jerry stated here is so true!

https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/114756875784209263

If you can afford to support your instance admin(s), please consider doing so. They often pay a good bit of money out of their own pockets to keep the instance running and all that goes along with it.

It's not cheap to run an instance. I know from past experience and it's nice when you have even just a few dollars coming in to help cover the costs.

#Support #SupportYourInstance #SupportYourAdmin

Excellent timing by Royal Mail. Time for a #CupOfTea in a cupoftea.social tea mug 🙂

#supportyourinstance

@tante But also, regarding sustainable funding: If you (yes, you, dear reader!) read this and you think your instance admin is doing a decent job keeping your digital home afloat, take this opportunity to figure out whether they're accepting donations and send a few bucks their way. Maybe do it monthly even!

#supportYourInstance

Appropos of nothing, @admin is Catodon accepting support contributions yet?

#SupportYourInstance

Yowzers. So I set up a Vipps Box :vipps: so that anyone who is not a Ko-Fi or Patreon or PayPal member can donate money to the oslo.town server fund.

https://qr.vipps.no/box/6fc8a0e2-8c86-41b4-a150-61eb93bb9185/pay-in

It's not super cheap to run oslo.town, but thanks to our members we cover a large percentage of running costs. 🙏

Links in bio. :cash_money_bag_fb:

#Vipps #VippsBox #Allheimen #NorskTut #Norge #Oslo #Oslove #SupportYourInstance #OsloTown #PayPal #Patreon #KoFi #Donations #SupportYourAdmin #EveryLittleHelps

Hallo liebe Fediverse-Leute auf bildung.social — da geht doch noch was, oder?

https://bildung.social/about

Es gibt doch sicher eine Menge Menschen hier, die Schillers Bürgschaft kennen. Wie wär’s dann mit „Ich sei, gewährt mir die Bitte, in eurem Bunde der Dritte“, damit sich Gratian und ich nicht einsam fühlen? 😎

#SupportYourInstance #UnstütztBildungPunktSocial

@jerry Sustainer! Put 'er on auto-pilot and never looked back.

Thanks for all you do to keep this place going!

#supportYourInstance

If you're hosted in astrodon.social, please be aware that our admin @sebinthestars has a Buy Me a Coffee account where we can support him — at least partially — with small donations…

He keeps us both updated and safe, so please consider giving him a few cloud-free nights…

https://buymeacoffee.com/sebinthestars

#Astrodon #SupportYourInstance #SupportYourAdmin

If you're new to #Mastodon or the #Fediverse, remember that supporting the service you're using is a good practice and we should pick up this habit, of course if you have the chance. Freedom from the data market's fuckeries comes with a price, the self hosting price.

Support your admins!!

#SelfHosting #Support #SupportYourInstance

Hi @panos -- Catodon.social seems pretty stable, so I guess it's time to start chipping in. What service do you use for contributions? Patreon? Open Collective? Something else? ​:BlobCat_Googly_TakeMyMoney:​

#supportyourinstance

Neue Writefreely-Instanz

Ich bin gerade von fimidi.com zu tchncs.de mit #Pixelfed und #Writefreely umgezogen. Der bisherige Instanzbetreiber hat uns leider schon verlassen.

Ich halte es für wichtig, dass wir Nutzerinnen des #Fediverse unsere #Instanzbetreiberinnen unterstützen.

Die Sicherung, Pflege und Wartung bedeutet viel Aufwand und das #Hosting einer #Instanz ist kostspielig. […]

Artikel lesen:
https://text.tchncs.de/hdvalentin/neue-writefreely-instanz

#sponsoring #spendenaufruf #support #supportyourinstance

Ye ole #BBS. Ah, those days of yore when people would volunteer their systems temporarily for the benefit of others and foster a community who could connect/gather/socialize via a phone line and modem.

When possible, try and help those who make your access here at #Mastodon possible.

#supportyourinstance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb7te_HZyiA&t=1186s

Hello everyone! I'm just wanting to post a quick reminder to all of you, especially those of you who are just joining Cubhub, that this place belongs to YOU. There's no advertising, no algorithm: just the content that you want to see.

With that said, it's really important to remember that this place cannot exist without your support. If you can, please chip in a few dollars to CubHub's Patreon. This instance (like most instances) relies heavily on donations to cover its operating costs. Running a social web service like Cubhub costs a lot of money - as more people join, the costs of things like hosting and DDOS protection get more expensive, and during a surge of new joins (as we see somewhat often when Xitter hiccups), those costs can also surge unexpectedly. If you can't/won't use Patreon, please check with @Rusty for other ways to donate.

The more funding Cubhub has available to make improvements to their services and cover those unexpected expenses, the better it is for ALL of us. Let's all pull together and keep this place as strong and healthy as we can <3

#ABDL #SupportYourAdmin #SupportYourInstance

@c_9

Wholeheartedly agree. We set up a monthly donation to mstdn.ca almost a year ago, because we enjoy our community here. If everyone donated a little, we could be assured our community will be here for years to come.

#SupportYourCommunity #SupportYourInstance

I want to take the moment to give a huge THANK YOU to whomever recently donated to #AllThingsTech!!

Myself and @cliffwade truly appreciate it. These donations go directly to server costs and other costs that keep our community running.

#ThankYou #Donations #SupportYourInstance #SupportYourAdmins #Mastodon

While the month is half over, that means it's only about 2 weeks until it's time to "pay server costs" again here at #AllThingsTech

If you enjoy the instance and if you have the ability to do so, help support the instance by making a donation. Any amount helps cover server costs. You can do so via the link below.

https://ko-fi.com/allthingstech

This isn't mandatory by any means. Only if you have something to spare as it's a huge help.

#SupportYourAdmins #SupportYourInstance #Fediverse #Mastodon

Hey Musk! Suck it nerd! My $8 stays right here!

#Fediverse #mastodon #supportyouradmin #SupportYourInstance

🔁 So spread the word!

Share this post and let others know why it's crucial to support our Mastodon instances.

Together, we can ensure a bright future for this remarkable platform. 🚀

#Mastodon #SupportYourInstance #DecentralizedSocialMedia

To make a donation and demonstrate your support, please visit one of our crowdfunding pages:

Open Collective:
https://opencollective.com/newsiesocial

PayPal:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=BCV5VZ5HRMB3U

Thank you!