I’ll start:

  • Some significant portion of funds go towards development of the Lemmy software. 80%? Rest goes to lemmy instance hosting.
  • Ads are reasonable and non-intrusive (no popups etc)
  • People can still browse w/ an adblocker

I personally would gladly turn off my adblocker if I knew the ads were supporting development. Hell, I might even click a few!

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      18·
      9 months ago

      I’m happy when an instance owner just says how much it costs to run a server, how many people actually manage it and how much time they spend to keep it running. I also like it when they just come out and say “we need this much money to keep things running every month, every year, etc”

      Then I just donate and there are more a dozen ways people can send and recieve donations.

      I don’t mind paying for things and services if the person or people I’m donating to are just honest about what they need and why, especially if it’s a service I use often.

  • raptir@lemdro.idEnglish
    531·
    9 months ago

    There are no circumstances under which I would be okay with it. Including ads means there is a chance that content is removed to appease advertisers.

    I will happily donate to my instance once they start accepting donations.

  • elouboub@kbin.social
    372·
    9 months ago

    Bro, who are these people trying to normalise ads? Do y’all work for ad-companies or have you been brainwashed enough to believe ads are the only way? Ads are a braindead problem for another problem looking for a solution.

    Fuck ads. Write that 50 times. If isn’t through your skull after 50, write another 50 and repeat until it is. Fuck ads.

  • nuez_jr@lemm.ee
    161·
    9 months ago

    Straightforward funding requests from the instance are just fine. Advertisements can gargle a cactus.

  • 404@lemmy.zip
    152·
    9 months ago

    I’d be okay with devs promoting their own FOSS software, etc. And seeing donation buttons every now and then. No trad ads plz. We have enough of those.

  • AlexTheTurtle@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    131·
    9 months ago

    Never, i would leave my instance immediately. Thankfully i dont believe this will ever happen. If admins need funds community members will donate. Through mutual cooperation we can keep these spaces free of the commercial bullshit that has infested every other faet of our lives.

  • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
    131·
    9 months ago

    In my view, the problem isn’t monetizing an instance, but that ads right now are fundamentally problematic. I don’t know of a way to introduce ads that wouldn’t be intrusive, invade user privacy, introduce bad motives for admins, and just be generally unpleasant. If money is a problem, I think a subscriber model would be better suited for the platform rather than taking any step to normalize ads.

  • chraebsli@kbin.social
    111·
    9 months ago

    NO ADS! These platforms were created so that you won’t see any ads ever. If you want to support the instances or platforms, you can make a donation via Patreon/ BuyMeACoffee or what they use. Here is a list of links for some platforms:

    • r00ty@kbin.life
      5·
      9 months ago

      Nah. I don’t plan to ever have ads. Hardly any users so my nice little single server will be fine for years to come and I can afford it no problem. If somehow I got a lot of users, I’d likely just close registration rather than ads. I hate ads!

  • esc27@lemmy.world
    101·
    9 months ago
    • Transparency - where the ads come from, how the revenue is used, etc.
    • the ads are safe and appropriate and follow the same rules as posts and comments
    • the ads are clearly labeled or otherwise visually distinct and not disguised as user generated content
    • the ads do not make up more than 10% of the displayed content (by any metric (screen space, text, bytes, etc.)
    • the ads are in like/kind to the surrounding content (e.g. if the community is text only, so are the ads, if the community allows images but not video, then the ads cannot move, etc.)
    • no tracking
    • the ads can be removed via subscription or donation
    • no double dipping (e.g. charging for access and still showing ads.) Members who support the instance should not see ads, members who see ads should not be required to pay.
    • a transparent removal process for problematic ads
  • milkjug@beehaw.orgEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago

    Fuck ads, don’t normalize this. I left Reddit because of enshittification, and putting ads on lemmy is just another first step towards that inevitable end. I’ll just spin my own instance back up. I had one running but I took it down to avoid the influx of CSAM on some instances.