If the reddit exodus happens and Lemmy gets even 2% of reddit’s daily active users, how will Lemmy sustain the increased traffic? I know donations are an option, but I don’t think long term donations will be sustainable. Most users will never donate.
I know the goal of Lemmy isn’t to make money, but I know that servers and storage costs add up quickly. Not to mention the development costs.
I would love to hear the plans for how to offset those costs in the future?
Well, it’s working right now, isn’t it? If the load increases n times and donations also increase n times, it will keep working just fine.
The majority of the current users are enthusiasts. They usually are significantly more willing to donate compared to average.
The big migration hasn’t happened yet. There’s going to be a big spike in new users during the blackout, and then again when Apollo shuts down.