Yeah. This would be nice. Anything outside of Lemmy should open in a new tab.

One thing we can do is encourage the Instagram users in our lives to open a fediverse account and use Instagram from the other side.

If it is not funded through user donations, how is it self sufficient? Genuinely curious.

What would the checkmark mean?

Wikipedia is set up as a nonprofit. They have annual fundraising drives asking their users for money. They also have an endowment and receive grants.

A donation drive could be a good model but the decentralized nature of the platform would complicate things.

Same. Always kinda talked myself out of commenting on reddit because my comments would never be engaged with. Felt like I missed the boat there. Time to start over and build a new community.