Some interesting stats in Mastodon’s 2023 report. Patron donors have dropped over the last couple of years, but total donations are up because of larger, single donations. Makes me wonder if the future of financing Mastodon might be more commercial offerings, like paid hosting or subscriptions.
Mark Stoneman Don't forget publically funded European institutions of various kinds, which are also interested in seeing the project thrive.
Ben Werdmuller This mirrors basically every non-profit - while they'd all like individual donations to be 100% of the total, they're all dependent on a small number of high-value donors. Foundation money is likely the way forward for Mastodon.
