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Under what conditions would you be OK with ads on your lemmy instance? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'll start:

Some significant portion of funds go towards development of the Lemmy software. 80%? Rest goes to lemmy instance hosting.
Ads are reasonable and non-intrusive (no popups etc)
People can still browse w/ an adblocker

I personally would gladly turn off my adblocker if I knew the ads were supporting development. Hell, I might even click a few!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Everyone sucks at business. Everyone. Businesses is an art form. You can do anything you want with it.

Check this out. Free isn’t a real thing. You cannot build a site in your free time and then give it away for free and expect people to pick up the slack.

You need to charge people. So you need a secure way to handle information and payments.

NOBODY wants ads anywhere anymore. It’s mind poison from another time.

Creator owned platforms is where its at.

Nebula.tv is a great example.

If you cannot figure out a pay schedule then hire or collaborate with someone who does.