ColdSideOfYourPillow

Also, in a now-deleted comment, someone had politely asked the admin some basic questions, to which the admin had replied, “whatever.” When someone else asked the reason for such a rude reply, the admin essentially responded, “I’m a developer, communication is not my forte. Now, shut the fuck up.”

P. S. I took the liberty to paraphrase the final response, as I don’t remember the exact words used.

Collectively, they’re part of the Threadiverse, which is a subset of the Fediverse that focuses on threaded content. Technically, though, Mbin is not strictly a part of the Threadiverse, as it also allows microblogging.

You can still donate to Lemmy without supporting ML! From https://threadiverse.link/lemmy.ml/post/29579005:

Update: For those of you who want to support Lemmy development without financing the hosting of lemmy.ml, know that the hosting is paid exclusively through OpenCollective. You can see the payment details at this link. This means donations through all other platforms (Liberapay, Ko-fi, Patreon, Crypto) are exclusively for Lemmy development, and not a single cent goes to lemmy.ml hosting.

Edit: Liberapay is the preferable donation option, as it has very low fees and is also open source.