It would be for more than just photon, a serious longtime instance. with the $400 dollars i was donated (wtf) i can more than afford this.

Would you want one?

  • pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org
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    I agree. It doesn’t seem necessary and I personally wouldn’t use it (since I self-host).

    Plus based on what I’m seeing over at Lemmy.world… running an instance can be non-trivial if it gets popular. Not sure you would want to invest the time and resources on that rather than developing Photon itself.

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        1 year ago

        Continued development on Photon would be giving something in return.

        I can’t speak for everyone, but I donated to thank you for the work you have done and to encourage you to continue improving Photon. That would be enough for me.

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        1 year ago

        I can only speak for myself, but my donation was a gift for all the effort you’ve already made. You don’t owe us anything!

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        I don’t really need another instance (though if you want to you can), I would just prefer the money go to you and/or back into development of this and adding new features like a button in comments for image links in markdown

      • flip@lemmy.nbsp.one
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        No, people give you something in return for what you did with Photon. I do not need to host an instance either and have no idea what you should do with the money. Nobody tells you what to do with it - if you want to splurge it, splurge it, if you want to invest it in hardware or hosting costs, do that.