Pretty straight question.

I see Lemm.ee is now the second most populated instance based on https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list, with 3634 monthly active users.

I also know that Lemmy devs said that

lemmy.ml is bigger than beehaw, and only costs 80 euros per month for a dedicated server.

https://lemmy.ml/comment/2372503

As lemmy.ml has 3561 monthly active users, should we consider that around 3,5k-4k users is the sweet spot for an instance population, and stop recommending the ones that reached that threshold?

  • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
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    11 months ago

    From what I’ve seen on these larger instances, they’re taking in a lot of $$$ in donations.

      • grue@lemmy.ml
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        11 months ago

        Why would they stop? That revenue model has been working just fine for Wikipedia for over a decade now.

        • Blaze@sopuli.xyzOP
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          11 months ago

          Wikipedia has to ask for donations several times. I’m not sure it’s 100% future proof for instances to have to rely on large donations