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They have tens of millions of users and a single large donation won't keep them running forever

• eeZah7Ux 6y ago
  and yet the whole Mastodon and Briar ecosystems run on pennies.
  • robjan 6y ago
    Mastodon instances with a couple of hundred users can easily cost $100. It's definitely not running on pennies, just that there are a lot of individual people footing smaller bills.
  • lutoma 6y ago
    Most Mastodon instances are also collecting donations to cover server costs…