this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2023
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Lemmy NSFW

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Updates about lemmynsfw.com

founded 1 year ago
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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:

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 πŸ™ƒ) 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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I'll donate in the morning!

[–] [email protected] 145 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, there’s nothing wrong with making a living. πŸ‘

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.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (9 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Thank you for your support buddy πŸ™

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I support you my friend both monetarily and conceptually.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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. ❀️

[–] [email protected] 11 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity how much storage are you using either total or on average with this instance? I feel like with the amount of media being uploaded it's likely slightly larger than others.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It was about 30GB when I checked two days ago.

Edit: it's 33 now.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Could consider utilising storage buckets for this - Backblaze B2 is $0.005 per GB/month and has partnerships with Cloudflare etc. Should reduce your costs pretty well.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

May I ask where the server is hosted?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Currently Ukraine. May change in the future.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh nice. And what platform do you use?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I can't say that for a while. I don't want to doxx myself.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Done via GitHub, thanks for your work!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It is done. Via github if that is okay.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I suggest you to use XRP, TRX and LTC for cheap transaction fees and speed, and check out a VPS provider called IONOS.

Edit: I suggest you BTW to open an OnlyFans and Fansly account for the instance and try to carry creators to the platform maybe you can make a special community for them and get some extra donations.

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