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submitted 1 year ago by _danny@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I'm not seeing any ads, and these servers certainly have a cost.... So is this place entirely donation based, or what?

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[-] peter@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Everything needs to generate some sort of value - I imagine a lemmy instance would generate value for you in the form of learning, or maybe the sense of accomplishment from maintaining a community. That differs from how centralised social media generates value in the form of data or money which is usually at odds with the userbase.

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