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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 2 points 6 days 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 5 days 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 5 days ago* (last edited 5 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?