I’ve had it fixed in my head that covering hosting costs is just my job as admin, and I’ve been fine with that. But I’ve been rethinking it lately.

If someone wants to contribute to keeping this place running, who am I to say no? Feels a little rude to cut people out of something they actually want to be part of. lemmy.radio is a community, not my personal project I’m sharing.

I’m looking at Open Collective as a way to do this transparently. You’d be able to see exactly what the instance costs and where any contributions go, but I’d love to hear about other options.

Nothing’s set up yet. Wanted to float it here first and hear what you think. Open to other suggestions too.

FYI I’ve done this so far: https://opencollective.com/lemmyradio

73,

Ben w0odl

(I’m keeping this post open and highlighted for a week, ending 4/18. thank you for your input!)

Edit 4/14:

I received this response back from OpenCollective:

Hi, thanks for your application. We’re going to have to review applications like this in light of the legislation passed in the UK (The Online Safety Act) March 2025.

In light of this, I think I will also look into https://liberapay.com/

  • 667English
    5·
    1 month ago

    Ben, this is great. Your labors of being an admin cover such a wide amount of work it would be hardly fair to be expected to also shoulder all of the consumption costs as well, especially as a user base grows.

  • rudyharrelson
    3·
    1 month ago

    I think it’s a fine idea to allow the community to crowdsource funds to maintain the instance. I’ve gotten quite a lot of mileage out of lemmy.radio since I joined a couple of years back and have been very happy with the experience

  • LoH_Mobius
    2·
    1 month ago

    I very very rarely post but I also want to contribute in one of the few ways I can. Thank you for considering and letting us help.