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I feel like there's been a sudden influx on new active aussie.zone users. Coincidence, or did something happen? (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by eureka@aussie.zone to c/meta@aussie.zone

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I know other instances have grown a lot due to media attention, reddit making silly decisions or banning communities. Did anything similar happen or is this just a thing that thinged?

Edit: having a closer look, some of the names I thought were new are people who've had accounts for years but have mostly been posting to other instances so I didn't see them. So maybe I'm only seeing them on higher-scoring local posts

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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We're pretty protective of our ~500ish regulars. We are not a large instance, but our users are very engaged. We don't want them to be drowned out by a massive influx of new accounts utterly shifting the vibe of the site overnight.

It's already a problem of us both being Perth-based: we're weak on admin coverage first thing Eastern Time as that tends to be 3am-7am here. An explosion of users and an early morning incident is something it's just easier to avoid.

At the end of the day, we're a pair of nerdy full-time family guys doing this as a hobby. We aren't interested in monetising this site or making it our jobs.

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

We're pretty protective of our ~500ish regulars. We are not a large instance, but our users are very engaged. We don't want them to be drowned out by a massive influx of new accounts utterly shifting the vibe of the site overnight

Well i hadn't considered that, but perhaps i should've considering the effect that one bot account has had.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are donations still meeting costs? You say not monetising, but it shouldnt be a charity.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Costs aren't actually that high when the nerd labour is free. Hosting costs were around $200/mo last time I looked. It's really a @lodion@aussie.zone question, though.

[–] lodion@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm travelling for work again.. and will be again quite a bit in the near future. When I'm home and have some time, I'll answer this properly.

Short version: I'm paying the bulk of costs out of my own pocket at the moment. The bulk of once off donations were used up a few months back. A few monthly supporters offset it a little. I'll figure out the numbers and share when I can.

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

There is no way you should be paying that on your own. I thought things were good with once a year payments, but i'll look at setting payments up for monthly instead. I'll increase the amount as well.

Edit: So monthly doesn't seem to be available on Kofi in many options, i'll just top the kitty up more now and increase the amount paid annually from next July, if that suits?