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!
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.