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Who pays for the infrastructure for hosting communities? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ChootchMcGooch@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi there, fresh fledditor learning the ropes around here.

I have noticed there are a couple of communities that haven't been created yet that I was a regular in on reddit. I've been thinking about starting new ones here, but don't really understand who pays for the overhead if I create a new community.

Since this isn't a centralized website like reddit, what infrastructure does a new community depend on and who pays for it?

Thanks yall.

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[–] ChootchMcGooch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks so much for the info!

Worries me a little bit on the scalability side of things, but honestly I kinda hope this place doesn't get as big as reddit got. I enjoyed that place a lot more before it got huge. The content and conversations were just better all around.