As the astrodon community has grown over the past year the cost of running the server has risen too.
Our service is hosted and managed by masto.host, in a shared environment that I have little control over. Whilst this is convenient, the data used by a mastodon instance only grows, which means costs go up over time even without growing the community. Over the past year costs have grown from €40/month to €120/month now.
I have run the community out of pocket so far and can continue to do so for the foreseeable future, but a number of members of the community have asked how they can contribute, so I’ve decided to set up this Buy Me a Coffee for anyone who wants to donate.
Anything over the hosting costs I will find a way to use to give back to the community, ideas welcome!