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So how does lemmy make money? (lemmy.world)

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

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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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[–] kabukimeow@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

The world's most popular fanfiction website, Archive of Our Own, runs entirely on donations so it's certainly possible to run a website with a big userbase on donations only, although the website in question does not host images or videos so the situation is of course a bit different. But a dedicated userbase can actually make a donation run website possible.