@FinchHaven @privateger @Mastodon
Reminder that $100,000 is an amount of that sounds big on paper, but when you use it on the expenses of running multiple servers that millions of people connect to every day, then split it between two full-time employees, it whittles down to minimum wage type numbers.
@Raccoon @FinchHaven @Mastodon @privateger yup. At market rates 100k wouldn't even cover a single full-time employee for a year, let alone server costs and whatever other expenses running .social would require.
Keeping two people housed and fed *and* running a social network on top of that for just 100k is pretty impressive. Thankfully they've got more than just that single large donation keeping the lights on