Mastodawn

Little FYI;

I am NOT earning ANYTHING from mstdn.social 😉 In fact it's the opposite, Every week I work about 40-50 hours for a company so I can earn money and pay for the servers, domain, media storage and email services and don't get me wrong. I'm VERY happy to do that ❤️ and I will NOT stop doing that for a long time!

We do get donations and that's a BIG help! But still I need to pay much from my own pocket so keep that in mind. We are not a company, we are not Twitter, we drive on #love! ❤️

prahlad Nov 15, 2019

@stux you have created a beautiful place. Thank you for your great work.

Alex Paul Menon Nov 15, 2019

@Prahlad @stux

Aaditya Verma Nov 15, 2019

Jo/Jyothi Nov 15, 2019

@stux
🤗🤗🤗
Really sad that this had to be said.
You continue to do what you do, please.
It's really sweet of you to address everyone's concern too, even though some come across as mean.

@stux that's the beauty of mastodon

_lunawinters Nov 15, 2019

@stux keep going! Don't stress yourself :-)

Cybre Rick Nov 15, 2019

@stux

I pay a few dllrs a month to my instance admin;
I think all users should be able to afford spending only one dllr/mo.

❤️ Please support your admins ❤️

indrani Nov 15, 2019

@stux thank you so much.

Salman

@stux Thank you for your service ! 😊😊😊

@Salm456 Very welcome! 🙇

Sivaprakash SJ

@stux not only you we too https://tamiltoot.online are here. Doing for Social & Community! No earning but a satisfaction while setting a thing community is above everything.

Tamil Toot

Welcome to Tamil Toot Mastodon. We're one of the mastodon server in the 'Federated Universe'(கூட்டமைப்பு பிரபஞ்சம்). Mastodon is a decentralized(பரவலாக்கப்பட்ட) social network.

@sivaprakashsj Welcome to the #fediverse! 😍 Well said my friend!

Jeff Nov 15, 2019

This posting from @stux perfectly outlines the dichotomy of Mastodon. The overwhelming majority of instances are privately operated and that presents some benefits and challenges.

@Jeff Thank you Jeff 🙂

@stux and also you are so quick in responding to users' queries. You are very hard working and nice! Prayers.

@stux Curious what’s the per month cost of keeping this instance running?

stux⚡️Nov 16, 2019

@tariquesani Currently around €125-€150 ;-)

mewmew Nov 16, 2019

@stux @tariquesani oh wow, Mastodon is really expensive

stux⚡️Nov 16, 2019

@mewmew Including
media storage, email services and all servers @tariquesani

@stux Sounds about what I had estimated. Thanks.

@mewmew quality hosting is expensive...

Undefined_arya Nov 16, 2019

@stux @mewmew What mail service do you use?

stux⚡️Nov 16, 2019

@null0x0 Mailgun :) @mewmew

@mewmew and this will keep going up as the users increase. We users should be willing to pitch in soon.

@stux

mewmew Nov 16, 2019

@tariquesani @stux yeah

hopefully you'll decentralize in the long run (start your own, smaller instances)

@mewmew that would be a type of pitching in too. I am very tempted to start a #mentalhealth focused instance but that seems self defeating. We need more general topic instances talking about it. @stux

mewmew Nov 16, 2019

@tariquesani @stux nah, that'd be good to have - more instances on any topic are a plus

If you want to easily set up an instance I recommend Pleroma (pleroma.social), it's much cheaper and easier to set up.

If you want help, just ask

Pleroma — a lightweight fediverse server

wolfie Nov 16, 2019

@tariquesani @mewmew @stux Why not both? Sometimes people might want to talk in a more isolated way but also have a public forum, no?

@wolfie Sssshhh... I am also a lazy old man 😜

@mewmew @stux

Vimoh Live 🎙️Nov 15, 2019

@stux Please ignore such "requests". Focus on the core of your service. You are doing an amazing job. :)

@vimoh Thank you 😉

@stux @vimoh Much love to you, @stux.

@Barbie_kalai #stux emotion aagitapla

@kondrai @stux ama hurt panniten... 😭😭

🌳கொன்றை வேந்தன்🌳

@Barbie_kalai @stux என்ன புள்ளடா,கொஞ்சம் முன்கோபம்..
விடு நம்ம ஆளூதான..மறந்துடுவான்.

@kondrai @stux paavam romba hurt aagittan.. 💔

🌳கொன்றை வேந்தன்🌳

@Barbie_kalai @stux சமாதான புறா பறக்க விட்டுடு..அவ்ளோதான் ..

@kondrai @stux i done.. 😔

🌳கொன்றை வேந்தன்🌳

@Barbie_kalai Dm la ya Good ..hope u feel better

@kondrai yup.. Realy he is a good guy 😍❤❤

@Barbie_kalai No, don't worry 😉 You said sorry and that's enough for me! ❤️ I will leave this for future user request in the hope that they can understand why it can take a little longer for me 🙂 We are all good girl! ❤️

@stux girl ????😳😳😳

@Barbie_kalai Woman

@stux wow... 😍😍😍😍😘

@stux @Barbie_kalai 🙄🙄😍😍😍😍😍😍

@Donal @stux ponnunu sonna udane heartin vidriya da salli... 😜😜

Senthamizh_S

@stux @Barbie_kalai என்ன மனுசன்யா👌

Harshit Gupta

@stux No. But then it's pretty easy to be taken for granted. All you have to do is something good twice, and people will start taking you for granted.

NSure ✔Nov 15, 2019

@stux
Not at all, Nanba! (Friend, in Tamil). First Security Needs, then Social Needs. Abraham Maslow's Theory of Hierarchical Needs! 😊

Jack Nov 15, 2019

@stux
You are doing great job.
Keep it up.

Zero tolerance to those who issue such threats

Jo/Jyothi Nov 15, 2019

@stux
You are not wrong Stux.
That kind of asking is almost threat like.
We go with what a platform provides and whatever improvements we get.
We can ask, nicely.
Upto admins, what can be provided and as per resources.
What I needed was bookmark and I got it on mastodon.social.

You are absolutely right.

The Legend of Abdul Nov 15, 2019

@stux Absolutely not. You are doing an amazing job.

To threaten to leave, because his request was not actioned right away, in a service that he is enjoying for free and which doesn’t sell his data or sell him ads!! What entitlement 😜 What audacity

Vas

@stux sorry some ppl can be self oriented. Keep up your good work

Vas

@stux thanks a million for this

out of all the super heroes it had to be my favourite.love you loads

Undefined_arya Nov 15, 2019

@stux /r/choosingbeggars would like to have a conversation with you. Please share your experience there.

Undefined_arya Nov 15, 2019

@stux ignore them, we all know you want to do the best for the community. You don't have to honor every request. You have my support and every one else's who knows this. :)

‏محترمہ پربھا ✅Nov 15, 2019

@stux you are one of the favourite instance admins here. You do more than your bit. Am sorry sometimes we go overboard with entitlements, you are not obliged to serve individual requests. Do polls for repeated requests and unless 100 plus users agree don’t do it

Diabolic Preacher ♒Nov 15, 2019

@Deepsealioness @stux 100 from mstdn.social because only users on that domain will get to use that emoji. The rest can express their feelings of being offended for various reasons. 😛

Bhaukaal Nov 15, 2019

@stux No, you are not. I hate to say this but a lot of Indians have the habit of being choosing beggars. They ca behave like they are entitled to something while not being polite about it. So, I'd say ignore or mute those people.