I know there’s donations and the owners can use their own money, but there’s a limit. I doubt a platform with hundreds of thousands of daily users can survive with only donations.
I know there’s donations and the owners can use their own money, but there’s a limit. I doubt a platform with hundreds of thousands of daily users can survive with only donations.
To give you an idea, Beehaw’s annual costs are around $12,000: https://opencollective.com/beehaw. AFAIK they have been able to sustain that with donations. Beehaw has around 12,000 users, 4200 of those active per month: https://the-federation.info/platform/73
I think you are confusing budget with cost. If you look at their expenses you can see that it’s not even close so far.