When replying to the 2017 finance report (4 months old) the comment will not submit. I assume it is because it is old but no such feedback is given.
My idea I was posting there:
It would be cool to know what the cost of running the site / http request is.
I've always wanted to know what I cost a website just for the sake of curiousity.
That's a great idea for voat and phuks, it no longer makes sense if they want to turn a profit though. wikipedia, politicians, or npr personalities asking middle class people for money when they are making millions is a bit cruel, but i would have no problem supporting server bills and modest living expenses (at the same level as mine or lower) for anyone full time on a project, but no way I want to fund anyone to live a better life than me.
Maybe something like "your portion of the month's bills are $14.88, there is $6,000,000 funding that is unpaid for this month" so that we would know what we should pay, and what needs to be paid to keep the sites happy.
That's way less than voat. You should optimize while you still can.
But one idea I had for voat is if the number of http requests your account generated was counted and then a "bill" was suggested based on it.
I've been thinking a lot about how we should really want to pay for things, especially in a prorated way, because the alternative is almost always second best in some way.