Donations and financial status (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by yay@lemmynsfw.com to c/lemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com

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We are currently the 2nd largest instance in terms of monthly active users. This brings a financial burden and we would appreciate your help about it.

If you want to donate, here's donation platforms we use:

Throne.com: No need to register. I tried and received payment. So it works.
Ethereum: 0x4e4af5dc2f86235ac496542c2a1c00f3c4de40c6
Monero: 48VYVWPKk65KiDiBaLhvSggKSbDQ4vtdq6HHbDa2HxWLiBWVcZ65gTgMBu7UeSUcm4dasAMMaKHnJNJSgRKi7Q5R5HN9adg
Trocador.app (multiple cryptocurrencies)

Financial status

Here is what we have and what we spent.

date	description	fiat	ETH	XMR
2024-11-08	+ donation	$180 (+$10)	0.0097 ETH	1.0256 XMR
2024-11-01	+ donation	$170 (+$10)	0.0097 ETH	1.0256 XMR
2024-10-25	- load balance server	$160	0.0097 ETH	1.0256 XMR (-0.0770 XMR)
2024-10-17	+ donation	$160 (+$10)	0.0097 ETH	1.1026 XMR
2024-10-15	+ donation	$150	0.0097 ETH (+0.0073 ETH)	1.1026 XMR
2024-10-14	- main server	$150 (-$75)	0.002 ETH	1.1026 XMR
2024-10-12	- media storage	$225 (-$18)	0.002 ETH	1.1026 XMR
2024-09-24	- load balance servers	$243	0.002 ETH	1.1026 XMR (-0.1270 XMR)
2024-09-14	- main server	$243 (-$75)	0.002 ETH	1.2296 XMR
2024-09-12	- media storage	$318 (-$17)	0.002 ETH	1.2296 XMR
2024-08-30	+ donation	$335	0.002 ETH	1.2296 XMR (+0.0318 XMR)
2024-08-26	- load balance server	$335	0.002 ETH	1.1577 XMR (-0.1153 XMR)
2024-08-16	+ donations (one from July 29)	$335 (+$20)	0.002 ETH	1.2731 XMR
2024-08-14	- main server	$315 (-$75)	0.002 ETH	1.2731 XMR
2024-08-12	- media storage	$390 (-$15)	0.002 ETH	1.2731 XMR
2024-07-26	+ donation	$405 (+$5)	0.002 ETH	1.2731 XMR
2024-07-26	+ donation	$400 (+$20)	0.002 ETH	1.2731 XMR
2024-07-26	+ donation	$380 (+$50)	0.002 ETH	1.2731 XMR
2024-07-25	- load balance server	$330	0.002 ETH	1.2731 XMR (-0.0729 XMR)
2024-07-14	- main server	$330 (-$75)	0.002 ETH	1.3460 XMR
2024-07-12	- media storage	$405 (-$25)	0.002 ETH	1.3460 XMR
2024-06-24	- load balance server	$430	0.002 ETH	1.3460 XMR (-0.0731 XMR)
2024-06-14	- main server	$430 (-$75)	0.002 ETH	1.4192 XMR
2024-06-13	+ donation	$505 (+$20)	0.002 ETH	1.4192 XMR
2024-06-12	- media storage	$485 (-$25)	0.002 ETH	1.4192 XMR
2024-06-06	+ donation	$510 (+$20)	0.002 ETH	1.4192 XMR
2024-06-04	/ coin to fiat	$490 (+$473)	0.002 ETH (-0.125 ETH)	1.4192 XMR
2024-05-22	- load balance server	$17	0.1276 ETH	1.4192 XMR (-0.0861 XMR)
2024-05-22	+ donation	$17	0.1276 ETH	1.5050 XMR (+0.1442 XMR)
2024-05-21	+ donation	$17	0.1276 ETH	1.3611 XMR (+1 XMR)
2024-05-17	+ donation	$17	0.1276 ETH	0.3611 XMR (+042069 XMR 🚬)
2024-05-17	+ donation	$17 (+$20)	0.1276 ETH	0.3190 XMR
2024-05-15	- main server	-$3 (-$75)	0.1276 ETH	0.3190 XMR
2024-05-13	- media storage	$72 (-$24)	0.1276 ETH	0.3190 XMR
2024-04-28	+ donation	$96 (+$50)	0.1276 ETH	0.3190 XMR
2024-04-26	+ donation	$46 (+$20)	0.1276 ETH	0.3190 XMR
2024-04-24	- load balance server	$26	0.1276 ETH	0.3190 XMR (-0.0993 XMR)
2024-04-21	+ donation	$26 (+$50)	0.1276 ETH	0.4184 XMR
2024-04-15	- main server	-$24 (-$65)	0.1276 ETH	0.4184 XMR
2024-04-10	- media storage	$41 (-$19)	0.1276 ETH	0.4184 XMR
2024-04-09	+ donation	$60	0.1276 ETH (+0.06969 ETH 🙃)	0.4184 XMR
2024-04-01	+ donations	$60 (+$25)	0.0579 ETH	0.4184 XMR (+0.1827 XMR)
2024-03-30	- load balance server	$35	0.0579 ETH	0.2357 XMR (-0.0890 XMR)
2024-03-04	+ donation	$35	0.0579 ETH	0.3247 XMR (+0.0420 XMR)
2024-03-02	- main server	$35 (-$65)	0.0579 ETH	0.2827 XMR
2024-02-28	+ donation	$100	0.0579 ETH (+0.0073 ETH)	0.2827 XMR
2024-02-27	- load balance server	$100	0.0506 ETH	0.2827 XMR (-0.1516 XMR)
2024-02-01	- new server and email provider	$100 (-$75)	0.0506 ETH	0.3738 XMR
2024-02-01	/ approximate initial value	$175	0.0506 ETH	0.3738 XMR

A little note about about this financial status report

Throne
- it is fiat type and I will only add money here when I withdraw it.
Cryptocurrencies
- I will truncate numbers to 4 decimal places.
- It may not always be up to date. You can check up to date ETH balance by clicking to it.
- No matter which coin you send from Trocador, the money will merge into Monero.

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[-] generichate1546@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 6 days ago

I'll donate in the morning!

[-] Lachlanunchained@lemmynsfw.com 111 points 1 year ago

Hello, team at LemmyNSFW,

I'm delighted to see your instance growing and I completely support the idea of donating to ensure the longevity and quality of this platform. Your hard work in maintaining and developing this instance is very much appreciated.

However, I'd like to bring up the idea of financial transparency within our community. Have you considered using a platform like Open Collective for your donation system? It has been adopted by other instances, including Lemmy.world. You can see an example of how they use it here: https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld

In my opinion, Lemmy.world is a shining example of how a Lemmy instance should operate financially. They provide transparency about their finances, which has greatly contributed to building trust with their users and the platform as a whole.

Considering we're part of an open-source, decentralized platform, I believe this level of transparency is paramount. It not only helps in building trust but also encourages more users to donate, knowing exactly how their contributions will be utilized.

Moreover, seeing big instances openly donating back to the source code developers could set a wonderful precedent. This act of giving back to those who helped create the foundation of our platform would be a tremendous demonstration of gratitude and community spirit.

Again, I am wholeheartedly in support of donating to this community, and I hope my suggestion will be taken into consideration. Keep up the fantastic work!

[-] Filth@lemmynsfw.com 32 points 1 year ago

Going to have to agree that something like this would be good. Lets people see all in one place where we stand and what is needed.

[-] Lachlanunchained@lemmynsfw.com 24 points 1 year ago

Yes. And I’m genuinely ok with big staff spends. Spend it on hookers and cocaine for all I care. All is like to see is that some percentage is committed and shown to be given back to the source code developers.

[-] goneworld@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 1 year ago

Agreed, there’s nothing wrong with making a living. 👍

I’d love to see if we could get enough donations going to distribute to content creators? Maybe this is a more mainstream instance/general purpose NSFW, but it would be very cool to see an instance giving ownership to its content creators.

[-] RandyC@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 7 months ago

Depending on the jurisdictions involved (where the server is hosted and where the admins live), I can imagine there may be very different laws and regulations governing a forum of user-submitted content and a business acting as a publisher and producer of porn content. A great idea, but not as simple as just having the money to do it.

[-] KhazadRistur@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 3 months ago

Spend it on hookers ...

Use the money to generate more content... smart.

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[-] yay@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thank you for your opinion! I would like to do this too but we don't use single payment method. Also does Open Collective approve payments or should we trust the admin for this? And do admins attach bills somewhere?

[-] Lachlanunchained@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 1 year ago

Open collective (of which I have zero affiliation) is working on taking cryptocurrency payments. Last I checked it was in beta.

You can give evidence where you feel it would be beneficial. But yeh. You could always find work arounds.

If it’s something you genuinely want to explore, I’m happy to volunteer some of my time to help you with implementing and managing that.

The key thing I’d like to see in all instances, not just yours, is transparency in income, plus some sort of transparency as to how much that may be given back to the community and the source code development.

Honestly. What’s done with the rest, I care very little.

[-] yay@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 year ago

Can you contact me from Matrix? my address is @xaeg:matrix.org

[-] baconboy@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

How big a proportion of potential supporters do you think would prefer to pay in crypto?

I’m in column A, but not column B. Just for “statistical purposes”.

[-] yay@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If we were a non-NSFW instance, I wouldn't add crypto but anonymity is important for some people (me included).

[-] baconboy@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

I definitely understand where you’re coming from, I was just attempting to debate cost/value.

[-] yay@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 year ago

Almost half of the supporters donating from crypto, so I don't think its unnecessary.

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[-] Perilous@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 9 months ago

An instance run so good that it caused me to start using my porn account as main account deserves some love and support. Bought a sponsor package on throne.

[-] yay@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 9 months ago

Thank you for your support buddy 🙏

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I support you my friend both monetarily and conceptually.

[-] yay@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago

You're one of the people I've seen from the very beginning. Thank you for your support!

[-] ElChangoInchains@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I joined this instance for the NSFW, but at the moment it is the best performing instance I am on, so I am subscribing to all my tech communities through here as well. In other words, my NSFW account is now my main account. LOL. Going to Patreon for sure.

EDIT: I signed up for $5/month. Keep up the good work!

PS: Would you mind sharing your docker-compose file? I want to deploy a lemmy instance on GCP to help strengthen the network.

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[-] whoops69hehe@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago

Done via GitHub, thanks for your work!

[-] yay@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

Really appreciated! Although Github works for now, we may change it in future btw.

[-] luckyboy@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much for hosting this instance. I appreciate it and will help with a small contribution of a few dollars per month from now own. ❤️

[-] yay@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago

Thank you! Every dollar is important and you can be sure that we will use every single dollar for this instance.

[-] cd_kk@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Just saw we're down, donated on Throne to get us back in the green!

[-] yay@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 5 months ago

Thank you! 🙏

[-] JustS0m3Dud3@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 9 months ago

I donated a couple euros now.

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[-] howmanycats@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

Just a headsup if you're trying to get on Open Collective, it looks like that might be another patreon scenario:

[-] yay@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah I checked TOS too. I thought it's about posts shared on campaign page. Also Open Collective Europe didn't reject us. But you are right. I'll contact about this to Open Collective and fiscal host.

[-] Th1ckAndCreamy@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

I set up a Patreon subscription. I am a DevOps Engineer. If you ever need to move to a more distributed setup let me know.

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[-] demonologic@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 9 months ago

What would be good options for me if I just want to use my credit card to quickly buy whatever crypto and send it to any address I want? I did look at some sites a couple of days ago, but they were more for trading and didn't seem too great for this use case.

I never got into crypto even though I'm a huge nerd, so I have no idea which service is trustworthy and quick'n'easy to use.

[-] yay@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 9 months ago

I registered to throne.com, which allows direct anonymous credit card donations. If they accept us, then you can use it if you want.

Just don’t jump into a topic you don’t know if you don’t want to learn buddy. I’ll fix this.

And to be honest, I’m not a crypto expert either. I just know basics and some technical details that I’m using on IRL work.

[-] demonologic@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Ah let's see where that throne.com deal goes then, that'd be neat.

But I honestly don't mind the learnin', I was more just soliciting for good tips for this specific use case since I figured somebody's bound to be more clued in already 😁

I know surprising amounts about the technical side of lots of cryptocurrency projects because in another life I've worked on sort-of-related things, but like the idiot I am I never bought all that many of anything and haven't "handled" them in ages.

[-] yay@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If you really want, I can recommend MetaMask. Which is an easy, well known, trusted and local-only app. I’m using it to manage current crypto donations.

There’s also “Trust” app that supports multiple currencies but it is more complicated to me than MetaMask.

Both of these apps allows in-app crypto buy/sell.

You should’ve probably heard about Binance, Coinbase etc. that are centralized exchanges. But I don’t trust them and I think they’re against morale of crypto.

[-] demonologic@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 9 months ago

Oh Metamask does in-app onramps and offramps nowadays? Well that's pretty handy, it was still a pretty dumb no-frills "wallet" when I last used it but it's been a good while. I'll give it a poke! Thank you

[-] Ripplecheese2@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 9 months ago

Used throne.com - hope it works :)

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[-] Ripplecheese2@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

With GitHub sponsorship no longer an option are there any simple payment options available?Happy to support (was supporting at $10 a month) but would rather not learn crypto to do it