Thanks :)

Fully agree that theres too much politics. Like you say too often about attacking some kind of enemy rather trying to understand other perspectives. For better or for worse, those seem to be the types of people more likely to use a new platform like Lemmy. Hopefully in the future they will also get tired of this stuff.

Thank you, all donations help :)

Oh no i’m so offended 😱😱😱

Seems like a lot of effort, and then people will still keep complaining and demand more.

Liberapay is preferable as it has low fees and is also open source.

I actually got in contact with them yesterday, will probably have a meeting soon to discuss how we can work together with them.

Liberapay is the best option, because it doesnt take any fees beyond payment processing, and its also open source. Thanks for donating!

I see, or simpler yet a special badge which is shown next to donor’s username. Definitely worth considering. Thanks for the suggestion!

And would happily donate to them if they needed it.

So you are not donating anyway? It seems to me like there is a vocal minority of users who make any type of excuse for the fact that they are unwilling to donate. Instead of being honest about that, you demand from us to make more and more changes, which will piss off other users and will likely not lead to any actual increase in donations.

So you would be fine if lemmy.ml was run exactly like it is now, but without Dessalines or me taking direct actions as admins?

Thanks for the analysis. In addition to the monthly donations there have also been many one-time donations. I agree that it makes sense to update the donation dialog and popup with adapted text from this post, will do that shortly.

I am not a tankie and reject that label.

The donation amount has increased a lot after this call for donations. Previously it was only 1000 Euro per month for each of us. With my skills I could easily earn 8000 Euro per month or more working for a company in the United States.

Thanks for your support!

Do you have a link with more details? This is what Ive been told:

https://github.com/mlemgroup/mlem/issues/1962 https://developer.apple.com/apple-pay/nonprofits/

That seems unnecessary because most people dont care. There is a vocal minority which keeps complaining but they dont need to be appeased any more.

Youre welcome!

Yes thats right. Translations are also a good way to contribute.

Around 50k, it went back down from the recent high of 57k.

https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats