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What is the maximum number of active users on an instance before the financial burden gets too high for the admins? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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Pretty straight question.

I see Lemm.ee is now the second most populated instance based on https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list, with 3634 monthly active users.

I also know that Lemmy devs said that

lemmy.ml is bigger than beehaw, and only costs 80 euros per month for a dedicated server.

https://lemmy.ml/comment/2372503

As lemmy.ml has 3561 monthly active users, should we consider that around 3,5k-4k users is the sweet spot for an instance population, and stop recommending the ones that reached that threshold?

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[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

Indeed, but what happens if the donations stop?

[-] grue@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Why would they stop? That revenue model has been working just fine for Wikipedia for over a decade now.

[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Wikipedia has to ask for donations several times. I'm not sure it's 100% future proof for instances to have to rely on large donations

[-] dditty@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Actually, Wikipedia doesn't have to ask for donations to the extent that they do:

https://unherd.com/thepost/the-next-time-wikipedia-asks-for-a-donation-ignore-it/

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