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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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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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[–] trk@aussie.zone 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 0 points 7 months 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 0 points 7 months ago

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.