anime graf mays 🛰️🪐 on Nostr: I considered deeply not asking for handouts but the reality of it is, it's handouts ...

I considered deeply not asking for handouts but the reality of it is, it's handouts or its advertisements. once you introduce outside money you introduce control. introducing outside control influences your userbase, your ruleset and your culture. i wont ever accept outside funding from advertising or whatever, but i also cant stand idly by and let the site require intervention to the tune of nearly half for 2 3/4 years without trying to rectify it. it's also not an astronomical number by any stretch of the imagination. if everyone who is registered here donated 1$ we would have enough to pay for poast for a year and a half. if even 10% of them gave 1$ per month, we would have 1.5x what we require to operate which would give us the ability make regular donations to developers. i dont think asking for that is a lot. but some people cant and I get it. other people just consume and have no interest in contributing because they dont care, thats fine too. the point is, this is so easily rectified and by such a little commitment its surreal that i have to repeatedly do it