EDIT: DO NOT BOOST!

This post is nearly a year old, and boosting will simply spread misinformation. Mastodon now has substantially more funding, and has enough scale to handle its many users.

I would delete this post but my server is not letting me so I'm editing this to reflect that I wish for you to NOT BOOST!

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Right now Mastodon is only receiving appr. $21,000/month through Patreon.

This is not enough to handle the 1 million new accounts that will be made this week.

Currently, only 4,720 patrons are donating to Mastodon.

However, if everyone chips in $2/month, this will ensure the continued survival of Mastodon!

Be a hero! Donate now! https://www.patreon.com/mastodon
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@atomicpoet How does the money get to all the independently hosted instances?
@jasongorman Every instance that runs Mastodon benefits from continued developments and improvements that the Mastodon non-profit makes to its code.

For example, there was a recent update that allowed users to edit their posts. That's a big deal.
@atomicpoet And who pays for the hosting?
@jasongorman @atomicpoet the one who hosted it. Many of these and have a homepage and a donation link. ;)