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  • If you haven't already, subscribing to the hackernews RSS feed seems to cover most news stories in the tech space.

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  • I don't feel as if the amount of content within an instance matters, right? Since you are able to view content from all instances, the experience should be mostly the same.

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    This comment right here

  • AFAIK this is true. But expect the site stability to be improved as a result.

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    lay it all bare, show me yalls fetch

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  • Putting 'reddit' in a Google search is genuinely the only way to find a good discussion on most things nowadays.

    Let's hope lemmy gets to this point in the future.

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    How are we going to pay for all this?

  • Blockchain has been used previously (see dogetipbot) in a similar concept and worked well.

    Since tips would be given at the discretion of users finding certain comments particularly good, a bot would only be able to abuse the system by creating good comments.

    I have seen of many instances not being funded sufficiently through donations. If the level of user donations is able to cover only 50% of operation costs for an instance, if monthly upkeep is say $60, then it is reasonable for an owner to subsidize the rest. But, as lemmy (and consequently each community) grows in popularity, a 50% coverage of operational costs is simply not sustainable. That is, without a tactic such as Wikipedia's notorious pity-ware ad banners.

    Providing an alternative method of funding could assist instance owners to keep the community running.

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    How are we going to pay for all this?

  • Yes I agree.

    One alternative is something similar to awards on reddit. However one could argue that it would impact the visibility of awarded posts by making them more 'eye-catching'. The only way such a system would not impact post/comment visibility is if it is a private transfer of value.

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    How are we going to pay for all this?

  • I know that it is not a popular topic in 2023 but a blockchain currency that allows users to 'award' posts/comments (similar to tipping in /r/dogecoin days) could provide instance owners with a source of income by taking a small portion of tips on their server.

    Such a system would likely scale alongside user activity (read server load) and would encourage higher quality content. Would love to hear peoples thoughts on this.