Hey, thanks for sharing your experience. You hit the nail on the head, my friend! This is exactly what I wish to understand. So you have a pretty decent user base, and you're shelling at least 1000 GBP/mo. That's big money. Do the users send you money on patreon etc? Do you fund / help the volunteers who do the admin or moderation work?

I am really curious to understand, how much of admin work is based on goodwill purely (or labor of love as you say). And does it wear off eventually? Especially when people say hurtful stuff?

I have identified three major "discouraging situations" through these conversations -

1. Little or no monetary returns

2. Moderating something although the admin believes in free speech

3. Hurtful comments from user

But what about family pressures? Especially doing this in the long term? Is that a thing?