The instance I joined (Lemmy.world) currently has 460 financial contributors here: https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld https://opencollective.com/mastodonw

The instance I joined (Lemmy.world) currently has 460 financial contributors here: https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld & 303 on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mastodonworld https://www.patreon.com/mastodonworld . Should be enough to cover the server costs. Moderation is a matter for communities to handle on their own, just like on reddit.