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  • OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.detoFediverse@lemmy.worldPaid Servers?
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    11 months ago

    I kind of feel the same way. When someone is offering service in exchange for pay, it signals that they’re serious about this and see it as a part time job at least, as opposed to someone just doing it as a hobby or just for a learning experience.

    In my search I found 3 that offer multiple services for a single donation/subscription:

    • Neat.Computer - Their terms of service weren’t strong enough for me
    • Tromsite.com - I didn’t like their Peertube upload policy
    • Tchncs.de - The one I ended up joining.

    I really wanted a smaller instance, but I just couldn’t find one that I was happy with.





  • In addition to what the others have said, we’ve lost some big and popular instances (Vlemmy, FMHY and others) along with the communities they had. Also, with the 2 biggest (lemmy.world and lemmy.ml) coming under attack every week, some users want to be on a smaller instance that’s under the radar.

    Finally, people want to choose an instance that fits their interests/beliefs. I chose mine mainly for what they don’t allow and who they’re defederated from, but to each his own.