stefan, 1 month ago to fediverse

"[...] support your admins, your friends' admins, if you have the means, and go buy some stickers and plushies!"

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/the-ways-we-keep-the-fediverse-sustainable/

#fediverse #FediverseSustainability #funding #indieweb #OpenWeb

stefan, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to fediverse

Hey #FediAdmins #MastoAdmins, how do you go about funding your communities?

#fediverse #SocialMedia #sustainability #FediverseSustainability

stefan, 1 month ago to mastodon

Hm.

Bluesky: "Hard to sustain a company like this without ads in todays world" https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/110254051709008742

Threads: "You could imagine an extension to the protocol eventually — [...] ‘hey, feel free to show me ads [...]" https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/why-meta-is-looking-to-the-fediverse-as-the-future-for-social-media/

Fediverse: "We're going to make a #Mastodon plushie and it's going to be very cute!" https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/111043162103567515

#threads #bluesky #fediverse #SocialMedia #ads #FediverseSustainability

stefan, 1 month ago to fediverse

Neat!

I wonder what other instances sell their own merch.

https://metalhead.club/@thomas/112306510285684781

Of course, mastodon.social does it.

https://mastodon.social/tags/Merchtodon

#fediverse #FediverseAdmins #MastoAdmins #merch #FediverseSustainability

stefan, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to fediverse

Results of the same poll posted a year apart asking people about making donations to fediverse admins.

2023: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/110306418229085517
2024: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112026655558298375

#fediverse #poll #donations #data #dataviz #FediverseSustainability