Hey folks!

I’m writing this because funding for the Lemmy project has dropped to critical levels, which could seriously impact its future development.

Thanks to the generous support of our lemm.ee community, our server infrastructure costs are covered, and we even have a few months of runway. I’m deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed - lemm.ee wouldn’t exist without your help.

However, infrastructure alone isn’t enough. Our servers run Lemmy software, and without ongoing development, the platform cannot grow or even be maintained.

Lemmy is an open-source project with many contributors, but the vast majority of development work has been carried out by a small group of core maintainers. A few maintainers work full-time on the project, relying solely on donations and occasional grants to support themselves.

I’ve seen Lemmy development up close, and the maintainers have consistently gone above and beyond what I consider the standard for small open-source teams - they are constantly writing code, mentoring contributors, and keeping everything running. Their work is essential, and without continued support, it cannot be sustained.

If you value Lemmy, please consider supporting its maintainers directly. Every bit helps.

Please check out this post for more details about how to support the maintainers: https://lemm.ee/post/63034576

Thank you for reading, I hope you have a great weekend!

  • peregrin5@lemm.eeEnglish
    31·
    9 hours ago

    Let me guess, -proceeds to make up some bullshit nobody ever said-

    How like a tankie to decide someone else’s argument for them since you’d rather argue against a strawman than actually be concerned about the facts.

    • 4n41y4no5@crazypeople.online
      13·
      8 hours ago

      It was u/Dead_or_alive and you can check the modlog yourself. He was banned from world@lemmy.world. He was also banned instance wide but that got cancelled.

      Beside, given how much genocide apologia is going on on world they ARE the tankies in my book.

      You know, the people who supported sending litteral tanks after the Gaza uprising just last year, as opposed to sending tanks to Hungary 60 years ago

      • peregrin5@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        7 hours ago

        I wasn’t saying the person you mentioned doesn’t exist or got banned. I’m saying you’re putting words into my mouth I never said, pretty blatantly. Though I feel you focusing on this other dude who got banned that isn’t even a part of this conversation and Gaza which I never mentioned is just more deflection on your part.