There are two types of people you can donate to. Many instances have a way to donate to them to upkeep and upgrade costs. Then you can donate also for development of the project here https://join-lemmy.org/donate
That’s because the financial accounts are also distributed. lemmy.world is separate to lemmy.ml and every other instance, which is also separate to the core development project. Granted, the lemmy.ml admin are the core devs, and there are other users who span across borders, but it’s possible for the instance people are faced with (eg lemmy.world) getting all the donations while the core back end development project does not.
What’s wild to me is this is the first time I have ever heard anything about the financial part of lemmy, I will happily donate
There are two types of people you can donate to. Many instances have a way to donate to them to upkeep and upgrade costs. Then you can donate also for development of the project here https://join-lemmy.org/donate
The project devs currently have like 300 bucks a week comitted to them… kind of sad
$300 on liberapay, 1500€ on Patreon and $10 on OpenCollective
Looking at the Patreon and LiberaPay linked on the join-lemmy page it’s >$600 a week. Still not a lot.
That’s because the financial accounts are also distributed. lemmy.world is separate to lemmy.ml and every other instance, which is also separate to the core development project. Granted, the lemmy.ml admin are the core devs, and there are other users who span across borders, but it’s possible for the instance people are faced with (eg lemmy.world) getting all the donations while the core back end development project does not.