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@andypiper@macaw.social what are the odds of getting @Mastodon@mastodon.social operating costs? Per user. I don't know if they'd given full numbers or not, but if not, could we get per user?

As an open platform we have no real data on cost to user as we've all been separate. We all need to come together and figure out numbers so that when folks are attempting to sell this we can have general ideas.

YES, I know costs could waver MASSIVELY from one instance to the next. But if we can get general ideas like "$0.50/user" then we know it's not outlandish to ask for say $1.00/user so we can cover operating costs and build out our teams and networks to keep funding back into the Fediverse.

I'm on a solo instance here. But I've built it so it's over the top performance wise, and still a bit of issues but we're getting there. For this #Bonfire instance I apy $32/month.

And if someone could create a website, or a Fedi bot, or SOMETHING that could track this it'd be amazing to know. We could crowd source our data analysis for those that WANT to participate. #FediPrice #FediCost #financial #analysis #fediverse #fedi

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[@andypiper@macaw.social](https://macaw.social/users/andypiper) what are the odds of getting [@Mastodon@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/users/Mastodon) operating costs? Per user. I don't know if they'd given full numbers or not, but if not, could we get per user?

As an open platform we have no real data on cost to user as we've all been separate. We all need to come together and figure out numbers so that when folks are attempting to sell this we can have general ideas.

YES, I know costs could waver MASSIVELY from one instance to the next. But if we can get general ideas like "$0.50/user" then we know it's not outlandish to ask for say $1.00/user so we can cover operating costs and build out our teams and networks to keep funding back into the Fediverse.

I'm on a solo instance here. But I've built it so it's over the top performance wise, and still a bit of issues but we're getting there. For this [#Bonfire](https://btfree.social/hashtag/Bonfire) instance I apy $32/month.

And if someone could create a website, or a Fedi bot, or SOMETHING that could track this it'd be amazing to know. We could crowd source our data analysis for those that WANT to participate. [#FediPrice](https://btfree.social/hashtag/FediPrice) [#FediCost](https://btfree.social/hashtag/FediCost) [#financial](https://btfree.social/hashtag/financial) [#analysis](https://btfree.social/hashtag/analysis) [#fediverse](https://btfree.social/hashtag/fediverse) [#fedi](https://btfree.social/hashtag/fedi)