Thanks :)

Fully agree that theres too much politics. Like you say too often about attacking some kind of enemy rather trying to understand other perspectives. For better or for worse, those seem to be the types of people more likely to use a new platform like Lemmy. Hopefully in the future they will also get tired of this stuff.

Thank you, all donations help :)

Liberapay is preferable as it has low fees and is also open source.

I actually got in contact with them yesterday, will probably have a meeting soon to discuss how we can work together with them.

Liberapay is the best option, because it doesnt take any fees beyond payment processing, and its also open source. Thanks for donating!

I see, or simpler yet a special badge which is shown next to donor’s username. Definitely worth considering. Thanks for the suggestion!

Thanks for the analysis. In addition to the monthly donations there have also been many one-time donations. I agree that it makes sense to update the donation dialog and popup with adapted text from this post, will do that shortly.

Do you have a link with more details? This is what Ive been told:

https://github.com/mlemgroup/mlem/issues/1962

https://developer.apple.com/apple-pay/nonprofits/

That seems unnecessary because most people dont care. There is a vocal minority which keeps complaining but they dont need to be appeased any more.

Youre welcome!

Yes thats right. Translations are also a good way to contribute.

Around 50k, it went back down from the recent high of 57k.

https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats

The real devs are locked into a server room with appropriate supplies of food and caffeine. So dont worry about them.

Yearly or weekly doesnt make a big difference so whatever works for you. Depending on the platform small donations may have higher fees though.

I already updated the description on Opencollective to mention this. Other platforms only cover developer salaries like the descriptions say.

Right, updated.

Then you can donate via Opencollective. But honestly it doesnt matter, because lemmy.ml hosting is already covered, and is very cheap compared to developer salaries.

What do you mean by “upvote award feature”?

Thanks!

Actually lemmy.ml hosting is only funded via Opencollective, so if you donate through any other platform the money goes entirely to developer salaries.