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I'm a sys- and database admin (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ruud@lemmy.world to c/sysadmin@lemmy.world

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My job has been Database Admin for the past 25 years, still is. But nowadays it's more shifting to infrastructure and automation.

And of course I do some self-hosting.. like lemmy.world and mastodon.world and many others..

Thank you @DarraignTheSane@lemmy.world for creating this community!

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[–] OmarDontScare@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hey @ruud@lemmy.world, fellow SysAdmin here! Thank you for hosting this Lemmy instance! It's a great place, uptime has been excellent!

I've a question, if you're willing to give your opinion. Hardware is not cheap and eventually it might become impossible to pay the bills to host this instance.

What kind of support model do you envision for the future of this instance? Donations, subscription, advertisements?

Thanks anyway, and good luck to you!

Edit: I see that donations are already optional. Nice! But i'm still curious, so is there other options you've considered for your Mastadon instance for example?

[–] ruud@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi, I think donations will be the way also in the future. Anything non voluntary wouldn't work because people will just move to other servers that are free. And so far I've seen there's more than enough willingness to donate.

[–] OmarDontScare@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Great to hear that there is a lot of people willing to donate! I agree with your argument regarding free servers, curious to see what other instances will be doing.

Thanks for getting back to me. Have a great day! :)