Really cool video, interesting stuff. I am always surprised when he’s standing on a windy beach with perfect audio, he must have a great microphone!

Yip, exactly. I expected many people who currently enjoy Lemmy would want to stick to it for that reason. PieFedNZ will be a different experience for those that currently don’t enjoy the experience of Lemmy.

I’ve appreciated you as a host

Thanks for being here!

the new server feels responsive!

I’m glad to hear that, I’ve noticed a huge difference too!

How is hosting handled practically? Is there something community members can do to help maintain server costs?

You can contribute to the running costs, here’s our help page about it: https://threadiverse.nz/about/donate.html

Short answer is go here: https://buymeacoffee.com/lemmynz

There’s no obligation to pay anything, and if money is something you have to think about then you should keep it for yourself. But if you want to contribute, that’s how you can do it.

If anyone reading this wants to pay with crypto you’ll need to change the currency to USD at the bottom of the page, then you’ll get that option when you go to make a payment. I will add this to the help page when I get a chance.