Post #738852

2026-03-16 09:40 UTC

Hi so, i've been putting this off for a bit but i think i need to say something about it i run a bunch of stuff for free,, altbot, fuzzies.wtf, wellness-p.ing, ventboard.site and a few other things. mostly i just quietly covered the costs of whatever the donations couldn't, using my own money. that was fine especially when i lived at home. i moved to uni. now the gap kinda comes out of my food budget. which... is not ideal.. server and infrastructure costs run me $165/mo. donations have also been slowly going down recently,, which is totally fine, life happens,, but it's gotten to a point where i feel like i should say something rather than quietly struggle if you use any of this stuff and can spare anything, even just a one time thing, it would actually really help github sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/micr0-dev ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/micr0byte no pressure, things will stay free but just know it gets harder for me to keep doing stuff like this. love you all! &lt;3

Replies (6)

@carolannie@c.im 2026-03-16 14:38

@micr0 you might need to remind us from time to time! Thx for your work.

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@Myphatself@mstdn.social 2026-03-16 16:37

@micr0 I appreciate you saying something.

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@psvensson@techhub.social 2026-03-17 05:49

@micr0 I just sponsored micr0-dev. Go sponsor your open source dependencies! Since I have a job I sponsor 10 bucks a month, but since this month is a bit hard I did an additional small drop. You should too, you know

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@FibroJedi@gamepad.club 2026-03-23 01:30

@micr0 hey, I've been using altbot for a while, but have you had to pause it while you get finances sorted? Or have I disrupted my connection somehow? I'm mostly unemployed, with minimal income myself now, but I did repost this, and hope you find what you need.

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@TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space 2026-04-13 13:42

@micr0 Just did a little sponsorship. Not a ton, but I hope it helps a little.

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@twynn@mas.to 2026-04-13 22:17

@micr0 While I haven't used altbot, I just became a sponsored. Not much, but hopefully it will help collectively.

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