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The most recent blog post with financial information is from September as follows:

https://blog.mastodon.world/september-2025-updates-for-the-worlds-and-call-for-donations

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[–] 39 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

Also, we had some unexpected extra costs (over 1000,–) when we had to pay taxes for the foundation (strange, for a non-profit..). I'll see if we can get an accountant to check this, but also accountants are costly..

Ouch

Do you have any non-profit support organizations, local to where you have your accounts, that might be able to help for cheap or pro-bono?

Thank you for all the work you do!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I have now asked the accountant I also use for my business, to help out with the foundation.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    Have you ever used something like Profit First accounting?

    It would give you a clearer picture of the accounting.

    Instead of financial statements or dashboards you could just check 4 account balances. Relay was giving out the book for free and they have it built in. I haven't used the Relay system, but I use PF for my freelance work and for larger project ideas.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I know that we look for nonprofit-help everywhere we can, but I don't have a specific answer for you at this time, but I've marked this to see if we can answer you later, at least :)

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    5$ a month. I was just thinking about how I'd never pay for any kind of reddit anything. But this doesn't feel all hurty in my soul. Ty for making a space that's not hyper capitalist.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Thank you for doing a patreon! Signed up for $2 a month, its not much, but if I know me, ill never cancel it. Its so easy everybody, go sign up for a couple bucks a month!

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Same. I'm a wagie and need to be careful of my spend, but this is a good set and forget.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    It's not much but I gave €10, keep up what you do because it's my first day and I already don't want this place to go

    I always feel self conscious sending small amounts, but then I think "maybe that's what stops a lot of people from giving any" because an entire crowd that feels awkward not giving more than 20 actually amounts to a lot

    So, don't even sweat it! Give any amount

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago

    Yes, not only is your donation appreciated, but posting about it shows others that they can. Before I was an admin, it was a thread like this with people posting that they were donating that reassured me into making a small monthly recurring donation, so comments like yours are appreciated. <3

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

    I’ll chip in some monies. I also have a metric ton of fucks to give, any particular place to put them? Barely used, fine quality.
    Edit: LW team, you are now free to wallow in the pool of monthly donation euros I have just set up.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Quality participation with comments and/or good posts helps the community grow. Reporting rule-breaking content helps mods and admins keep the community growing as well. So monies and fucks are appreciated. er, wait, lemme rephraase that

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Reporting rule-breaking content

    OMG, narc.

    monies and fucks

    Right here, officer. This person said "fuck" ok the Internet and memes have taught me this is NOT ok!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Y'all, everyone should donate. I was totally for real banned, and literally just unbanned myself via bribes. It turns out that if you bribe @lwadmin@lemmy.world, they'll let you say "fuck" as many times as you want on the internet!

    Seriously, try it out! Make a "donation" and then see if it worked by replying with the word fuck. I think it's actually the law that the internet admins have to let you say "fuck" if you publicly bribe them.

    Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. See? Totally un-fucking-banned. Pic for proof.

    Tip receipt screenshot

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    LOL! My intended joke was that in some places, that message would appear on the item that was banned, i.e. my joke was that I was banned.

    That said, I like your reply, so I'm gonna go with it. <3

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Hi admins! Could we get updated financial info for this year? Are the costs still the same? There was a tax bill last year, is there one this year? Did you ever find an accountant? As a small point of order, it's better to have all of the financial info up to date before asking for more money.

    I setup a monthly reoccurring bank transfer last year, but I'd like to see current financial information to know if I need to adjust my transfer amount.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I'm ashamed to say that I hadn't noticed the year, only the month, on the blog post. One of my fellow admins pointed it out, but… that's the most recent we have, so I've let it stand. lol. D'oh. It may be a little bit before someone can update that, but I'm adding some links to a few specific comments in this thread for tracking, so hopefully I can poke you when there is an update :)

    (And I've only been here a couple of months as an admin, so I only know some rough numbers - I think the costs are generally not that different, but I can't swear to anything)

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  • [–] 36 points 1 month ago (11 children)
  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago (10 children)

    You should share that on Twitter and Facebook.

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  • [–] 45 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    Ahh yes with my account... that I have.. on those places...

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  • [–] 30 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    Fine. Share it on porn hub /s

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

    If you share it on Pornhub, the message won't reach Australians

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  • [–] 25 points 1 month ago (1 child)
  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Can't do monthly but done'ed a one off!

    Will do more one day once local morale improves etc.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Just did. My first ever digital subscription. I feel wealthy.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (1 child)
  • I have supportarded!

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I setup a liberapay at the end of last year for a small recurring donation every 3 months ( since it was a smaller amount they had me do it quarterly instead ). If you contimue to use it regularly and can afford to throw them a cup of coffee's donation monthly, think about signing up.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago

    I will donate my only upvote.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Threw 20 Euro in. πŸ‘

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    From what I know, non-profits can better calculate with lower but regular payments. I make a monthly payment of two Euro which isn't the world but it's steady, ends up a similar amount per year as you, and I won't cancel this anytime soon.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Thank you!

    I think if everyone did recurring we might be able to post a request like this less than twice a year, which I think isn't too much, but it definitely is needed to help remind the one-time donators to consider donating again. But I'd definitely say it is all appreciated, though recurring does mean people will tend to set it and forget it. lol. That's why mine is a monthly, for sure :)

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

    Do you have crypto donation options? I checked all the posted payment providers above and didn't see any

    there is a post from 3 years ago with crypto donation addresses, are they still valid? https://lemmy.world/post/12531572

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    What's a suggested donation for an average user? I currently have €1/mo set up via LiberaPay.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I don't think there's a suggested amount. I can tell you that €1/mo helps, for sure. I personally donate $8/mo as it's the level I feel comfortable with. Not to encourage you to increase yours - scattered around this thread you can see a number of differing amounts, and they are all appreciated. :)

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Does it move the needle if i chip in just 1?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Which pay option has the least fees or admin costs? Want you to get all of what i send.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    One can presume the preferred option is their preference.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    One can presume the preferred option is their preference.

    But the preferred option makes little sense for Europeans in the SEPA region. SEPA transfers have no fees attached by law.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    My understanding is Ko-Fi which is why it's preferred. As others pointed out, payment processors take out some fees for card usage, and my understanding is that Ko-Fi takes the least. That said, we have options because most of them aren't too bad, and all donations help :)

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Are you able to add anything between $10-$100 on Patreon?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    It's already semi-p2p by the way federation works. I think it would be highly ineffective to make it actually p2p.

    Imagine having every user host their own community on an instance. Then you have to federate across other users to have other content in the instance, . But instead of it being 400 instances now, it's 77,000 instances all trying to stay current from various toshiba shitboxes.

    Content aggregation is more of a "master list" problem than a computing problem to solve. Which is easier from a central repo.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    There is something like that called Plebbit, it's a good example of all the downsides of such a system.

    It's decentralized and "censorship proof" AKA completely unmoderated with all the spamming and unsavory content one might expect. The CSAM issue is mostly avoided because it doesn't support any kind of media sharing (only plain text) due to the bandwidth for P2P connections and avoiding having to store that on the client. Last time I checked content also simply disappears when users disconnect.

    The federated system is better because it's more efficient and scales better since only a couple hundred instances have to send/receive activity instead of hundred thousands of users individually. It also helps ensure content is moderated. Admins tend to keep their own instance clean and defederate from instances that don't.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

    Hahaha! It's not Autumn down here!

    Kackles in Australian.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Hell, it's not here in California either lol it's hot as shit

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Ah, well, it's, like, legally and morally autumn even if it doesn't feel like it. lol. I grew up in Texas, so just think - you're getting a good Texas start to the season, that's all :) Stay cool, my friend!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    You guys down there don't always get the respect you deserve, and that includes one of the hallmarks of autumn: The return of pumpkin spice everywhere. I know Starbucks serves it globally around now, but it should be an autumn thing, not a spring thing, sooooo I'd imagine y'all are used to all that.

    And if not, the dropbears will get ya for disagreeing, so there's that :)

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    I would like to donate with Bitcoin if possible.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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