I have seen some instances asking for donations, which is surprising considering they’re not asking for a lot, but also that they’ve made it so far if relatively light expenses are troublesome. Seems like even a boom in new Fediversers could actually be detrimental to some instances in the short-term, but I don’t really understand how it all works.

The feds?

That makes sense actually. Do you think the fediverse will still be able to pick up steam? If it did, I’d think advertisers would still adapt, they’d just have to change strategies.