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by mtlynch 1136 days ago
It takes a lot of work to manage an online community well. 50 EUR/year is probably lower than the true cost.
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This group is limited to 30 people. It's not a subreddit with tens of thousands of users.

It is 30 people. If someone's an asshole you ban them. It's hardly a fulltime job. The fact that you took their money could actually complicate your ability to ban them if they really get upset.

I have discord servers of gaming friends that have as many people. I've also managed game servers (like Ark servers) with hundreds of strangers. It's not that bad. Bad people venture in sometimes and you just kick them out. Small communities like this mostly self-regulate because they are so small, people's individual reputation actually means something.

Agree, I have been organising local Meetups in the past and I know how much time it takes.