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Lemmy NSFW

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Updates about lemmynsfw.com

founded 2 years 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 USD ETH XMR
2024-12-24 + dec overall, 4 donations, thx πŸ™ 114 (+55) 0.0097 2.0224
2024-12-14 - main server 59 (-75) 0.0097 2.0224
2024-12-12 - media storage 134 (-18) 0.0097 2.0224
2024-12-11 + donation 152 0.0097 2.0224 (+0.0106)
2024-11-28 + donation 152 (+20) 0.0097 2.0118
2024-11-26 + donation 132 (+5) 0.0097 2.0118
2024-11-25 + donation 127 (+20) 0.0097 2.0118
2024-11-24 - load balance server 107 0.0097 2.0118 (-0.0707)
2024-11-16 + donation (from 11-15) 107 0.0097 2.0825 (+0.0569)
2024-11-16 + donation (from 11-07) 107 0.0097 2.0256 (+1 πŸ™)
2024-11-14 - main server 107 (-75) 0.0097 1.0256
2024-11-12 + donation 182 (+20) 0.0097 1.0256
2024-11-12 - media storage 162 (-18) 0.0097 1.0256
2024-11-08 + donation 180 (+10) 0.0097 1.0256
2024-11-01 + donation 170 (+10) 0.0097 1.0256
2024-10-25 - load balance server 160 0.0097 1.0256 (-0.0770)
2024-10-17 + donation 160 (+10) 0.0097 1.1026
2024-10-15 + donation 150 0.0097 (+0.0073) 1.1026
2024-10-14 - main server 150 (-75) 0.002 1.1026
2024-10-12 - media storage 225 (-18) 0.002 1.1026
2024-09-24 - load balance servers 243 0.002 1.1026 (-0.1270)
2024-09-14 - main server 243 (-75) 0.002 1.2296
2024-09-12 - media storage 318 (-17) 0.002 1.2296
2024-08-30 + donation 335 0.002 1.2296 (+0.0318)
2024-08-26 - load balance server 335 0.002 1.1577 (-0.1153)
2024-08-16 + donations (one from July 29) 335 (+20) 0.002 1.2731
2024-08-14 - main server 315 (-75) 0.002 1.2731
2024-08-12 - media storage 390 (-15) 0.002 1.2731
2024-07-26 + donation 405 (+5) 0.002 1.2731
2024-07-26 + donation 400 (+20) 0.002 1.2731
2024-07-26 + donation 380 (+50) 0.002 1.2731
2024-07-25 - load balance server 330 0.002 1.2731 (-0.0729)
2024-07-14 - main server 330 (-75) 0.002 1.3460
2024-07-12 - media storage 405 (-25) 0.002 1.3460
2024-06-24 - load balance server 430 0.002 1.3460 (-0.0731)
2024-06-14 - main server 430 (-75) 0.002 1.4192
2024-06-13 + donation 505 (+20) 0.002 1.4192
2024-06-12 - media storage 485 (-25) 0.002 1.4192
2024-06-06 + donation 510 (+20) 0.002 1.4192
2024-06-04 / coin to fiat 490 (+473) 0.002 (-0.125) 1.4192
2024-05-22 - load balance server 17 0.1276 1.4192 (-0.0861)
2024-05-22 + donation 17 0.1276 1.5050 (+0.1442)
2024-05-21 + donation 17 0.1276 1.3611 (+1)
2024-05-17 + donation 17 0.1276 0.3611 (+042069 🚬)
2024-05-17 + donation 17 (+20) 0.1276 0.3190
2024-05-15 - main server -3 (-75) 0.1276 0.3190
2024-05-13 - media storage 72 (-24) 0.1276 0.3190
2024-04-28 + donation 96 (+50) 0.1276 0.3190
2024-04-26 + donation 46 (+20) 0.1276 0.3190
2024-04-24 - load balance server 26 0.1276 0.3190 (-0.0993)
2024-04-21 + donation 26 (+50) 0.1276 0.4184
2024-04-15 - main server -24 (-65) 0.1276 0.4184
2024-04-10 - media storage 41 (-19) 0.1276 0.4184
2024-04-09 + donation 60 0.1276 (+0.06969 πŸ™ƒ) 0.4184
2024-04-01 + donations 60 (+25) 0.0579 0.4184 (+0.1827)
2024-03-30 - load balance server 35 0.0579 0.2357 (-0.0890)
2024-03-04 + donation 35 0.0579 0.3247 (+0.0420)
2024-03-02 - main server 35 (-65) 0.0579 0.2827
2024-02-28 + donation 100 0.0579 (+0.0073) 0.2827
2024-02-27 - load balance server 100 0.0506 0.2827 (-0.1516)
2024-02-01 - new server and email provider 100 (-75) 0.0506 0.3738
2024-02-01 / approximate initial value 175 0.0506 0.3738
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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[–] Lachlanunchained@lemmynsfw.com 168 points 2 years 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!

[–] Filth@lemmynsfw.com 47 points 2 years 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.

[–] Lachlanunchained@lemmynsfw.com 32 points 2 years 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.

[–] goneworld@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 2 years 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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[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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?

[–] Lachlanunchained@lemmynsfw.com 22 points 2 years 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.

[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 2 years ago

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

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[–] CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.ml 31 points 2 years 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.

[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

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

Edit: it's 33 now.

[–] kekpant@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 2 years 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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[–] Perilous@lemmynsfw.com 24 points 11 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.

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[–] Th1ckAndCreamy@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 2 years ago (2 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.

[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Thank you for your support! But to keep costs low, we had to keep for one server for now. But you're in my mind if needed :)

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[–] ElChangoInchains@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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[–] luckyboy@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 2 years 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. ❀️

[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 2 years ago

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

[–] howmanycats@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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[–] BigBeautifulWaffle@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I would gladly send Monero [XMR] if you had the option.

[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hmm. Let me check MetaMask for it.

Nope, MetaMask only supports Ethereum or derivates. I've used MyMonero for it.

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[–] Filth@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It is done. Via github if that is okay.

[–] admin@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 2 years ago

Thank you! Github is the best among these options

[–] ResidentBloodBoner@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would it be possible to set up Liberapay as a payment method? I don't know their policy on NSFW-related projects, but I really enjoy it as a payment option since they don't take anything off what's donated, give many different donation options, and is run by a non-profit that made the site's code open-source.

[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Unfortunately I can't create account there since I can't use PayPal nor Stripe.

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[–] bobbiguy2122@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just subbed on Patreon! Question, are you holding off on upgrading the instance because of the issues with the search?

[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you! I was waiting for captcha. But I'll upgrade today.

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[–] SpotsOtherAccount@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was really surprised to see that youre using a .com-domain. That alone must be costing you a small fortune per year.

[–] darvocet@infosec.pub 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Domains cost like $9 a year.

[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Yeah it's 9.15 on Cloudflare right now. Costly thing in our infrastructure is going to be storage and server specifications. I'll migrate to S3 as soon as Lemmy 0.18.1 releases.

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[–] CEOsEscapades@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Where is the link to donate?

[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 years ago

It's removed because I'll transfer instance to someone else.

[–] Sarothica@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you for doing this in the first place! Do you maybe have PayPal? Otherwise I'll look into Patreon 😊

[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 years ago

You're welcome! I really wish I had a PayPal account but unfortunately not :/

[–] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

May I ask where the server is hosted?

[–] yay@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Currently Ukraine. May change in the future.

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[–] MrComradeTaco@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I have been locked out of my NSFW account activating the 2FA function

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[–] HornyToad@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit had r4r communities, are we calling our communities L4Ls?

Didn't see a better place to ask this question.

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