SysAdminJun 15, 2023

StarTrek.website - FAQ, Patreon info, future plans, and more!

https://startrek.website/post/10615

StarTrek.website - Lemmy info, FAQ, Patreon info, future plans, and more! - Star Trek: Website

[https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/590456a7-0f95-4e61-968a-c688dd564033.jpeg] nuqneH! Welcome to our new home in the Federationiverse. First of all- WOW we did not expect to surpass 300 users on this instance (and over 1K fediverse subscribers) within our first 48 hours and with little promotional effort. We are all excited to see where this long road goes. # Coming from Reddit and confused about Lemmy? I had some stuff typed out, but honestly, this thread [https://lemmy.world/post/37906] sums it up better. Check it out! It has infographics. If you’re still stressed out, remember that Lemmy is still new. Yes, it’s ugly, but people said Reddit was ugly too (both are correct). As Lemmy grows, and #Rexxit continues, more tools will get made. Decentralization opens up a lot of possibilities we didn’t have before. The future is bright. # Will other communities be setting up shop besides StarTrek, DaystromInstitute and Risa? Yes! Eventually. Right now our focus is staying online, fast, and reliable which means keeping things focused while we find our footing. Daystrom, StarTrek and Risa were chosen to start off with because the three of them cover the “srs bsns ↔ shitposting” spread quite well. If you are part of a community interested in being hosted on startrek.website, send me a DM [https://startrek.website/create_private_message/recipient/617] and we can try to work something out. # Qapla’! How can I support? We’ve started a Patreon here: Patreon.com/treksite [https://www.patreon.com/treksite/]. There’s only one plan and it’s just $4. If our growth continues like it has, we’re going to need to upgrade our hosting very soon. # Will supporters have perks? Yes! Eventually. We’re still working that out. Which means we owe an extra big thank Thank you to those of you who are contributing now. Probably not (unless you’re Ferengi). See comment [https://startrek.website/comment/54088] — If you have any questions for the team, please don’t hesitate to ask in this thread (and yes the discussion thread for the Strange New Worlds season premiere will be up on /c/StarTrek [https://startrek.website/c/startrek] later today, stay tuned!)🖖

Show threadlwaxana_katanaJun 15, 2023
Fwiw, I am very happy to support the patreon but I don't feel great about it being attached to server perks. For some people $4/mo is nothing at all and for others it is genuinely significant. I don't want the Star Trek instance of all instances to be rewarding those who can afford to contribute financially.
Show threadSysAdminJun 15, 2023
That's a good point I hadn't considered, appreciate the insight. As long as we can pay the bills with what comes in, I suppose for now we'll just stick with what we've got.
Show threadlwaxana_katanaJun 15, 2023
Hooray, thank you! Fwiw, it is the donations model that is most common in FOSS projects (pay what/if you can) and I think it engenders a better sense of community, and I certainly feel more inclined to pay for something just so support it rather than because of any particular "perks" I might get, which are geeeenerally not really worth the money per se. I also would prefer your time to be spent on the actual server and not on having to integrate the various perks/linking accounts to patreon/etc etc.
Show threadSysAdmin
The only perk we had in mind thus far was some user flair (whenever that inevitably gets invented). But you make a great point. Still getting used to this egalitarian perspective.
Jun 15, 2023 at 12:52pmWeb
Show threadTeMPOraLJun 16, 2023
Welcome to the Federation (in both senses)!
Show threadporthosJun 16, 2023
Maybe we could just reward people with ferengi themed flair for donating on patreon? Then all other types of flair could be kept unrelated to money or ferengis :P