Post APFwymWAaCNxVVb17Y by baweaver@ruby.social
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 (DIR) Post #APFwyl4pwKvZ2RnfsW by getajobmike@ruby.social
       2022-11-03T23:22:58Z
       
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       Hot take: Mastodon should have a blue check for people that financially support their instance.
       
 (DIR) Post #APFwylWUHX2sQCjkye by joshuap@ruby.social
       2022-11-03T23:50:28Z
       
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       @getajobmike what about people who own companies that financially support their instance? 🥹
       
 (DIR) Post #APFwylyqa5jLqA0PBI by adarsh@ruby.social
       2022-11-04T03:34:07Z
       
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       @joshuap @getajobmike who pays for this one?
       
 (DIR) Post #APFwymWAaCNxVVb17Y by baweaver@ruby.social
       2022-11-04T03:40:44Z
       
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       @adarsh @joshuap @getajobmike @james does: https://patreon.com/rubysocial
       
 (DIR) Post #APFwymzwnUCkzrWnXE by adarsh@ruby.social
       2022-11-04T03:51:47Z
       
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       @baweaver @joshuap @getajobmike @james Thank you! what’s the bill like, out of curiosity?
       
 (DIR) Post #APFwynNLOUv6AQTU0G by james@ruby.social
       2022-11-04T09:46:39Z
       
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       @adarsh @baweaver @joshuap @getajobmike right now it's about $650/year with hosting and domain (short .socials are more expensive, I learned 😅).However, if everyone who's signing up this week does start genuinely using it (and hopefully they will!), I expect that to increase steadily as storage gets consumed.My ideal would be lots of small donors, a real community-owned instance, and if/when we have a surplus of donation funds, we do something charitable with the excess. Something like that.
       
 (DIR) Post #APGQIY7UimChJapgcS by adarsh@ruby.social
       2022-11-04T15:15:18Z
       
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       @james @baweaver @joshuap @getajobmike if it evolves into a community resource, I could see Ruby Central helping out with funding.
       
 (DIR) Post #APGsPM0qvmgeVcl7vE by james@ruby.social
       2022-11-04T20:30:16Z
       
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       @getajobmike been thinking about this in the background.I _could_ set up something like `supporters.ruby.social` with a bunch of `rel=me` links to support handles, and then you'd be able to add that as a verified link.It's not as visible as a blue check, but might be worth something? 😉