meta·literature.cafe metabygabe [he/him] Made a liberapay account for donationsObviously not a requirement, but for those who are interested it is here. It'll also be on the sidebar. I've contemplated potentially making a mastodon or firefish instance as well eventually but I dunnoView original on literature.cafe7Comments6
KKaladin literature.cafe3Hide 3 repliesWhat do hosting costs usually look like? I've got no idea what the pricing of it would be. Also, I think beehaw did a breakdown of their donations and costs, so assuming this instance gets big it could be something to look into. Edit: nevermind you did that three days ago2
gabe [he/him] replyliterature.cafe2Hide 2 repliesYeah, I don't anticipate it to balloon. The biggest issue with lemmy is mainly images right now, so object storage will unfortunately rapidly expand. That's likely to be the biggest cost.2
KKaladin replyliterature.cafe1Hide 1 replyI know lots of instances are encouraging users to use imgur links, are you able to disable image uploads?2
gabe [he/him] replyliterature.cafeI can, but images unfortunately get autocached to the image database regardless.2
What do hosting costs usually look like? I've got no idea what the pricing of it would be.
Also, I think beehaw did a breakdown of their donations and costs, so assuming this instance gets big it could be something to look into.
Edit: nevermind you did that three days ago
Yeah, I don't anticipate it to balloon. The biggest issue with lemmy is mainly images right now, so object storage will unfortunately rapidly expand. That's likely to be the biggest cost.
I know lots of instances are encouraging users to use imgur links, are you able to disable image uploads?
I can, but images unfortunately get autocached to the image database regardless.
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