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# Mastodon Wants Funding and Won't Mind Nudging You for Donation
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/mastodon-in-app-donation-nudge/
- Published: 2025-07-25T12:56:05.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-25T12:56:05.000Z
- Description: This small change could help support Mastodon.
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Privacy 🛡️, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

[Mastodon](https://itsfoss.com/mastodon-open-source-alternative-twitter/), the decentralized social media platform launched in 2016, has seen steady growth, particularly after waves of users left mainstream networks. Its open source model and federated structure have made it a significant player in the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse?ref=itsfoss.com).

However, maintaining and developing such a large-scale, community-focused project requires ongoing financial support. The [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/?ref=itsfoss.com) team has now introduced [a new initiative](https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/07/a-nudge-to-fund-our-future/?ref=itsfoss.com) aimed at helping sustain its operations and future development.

## Mastodon's Donation Banner: What to Expect?

![an illustration with the screenshot of the mastodon android app in the center, it shows a post by it's foss, greeting followers happy system administrator appreciation day](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2025/07/mastodon-android-app-home-page-donate-logo.png)

**Just a placeholder image. The donation banner is yet to go live.*

Mastodon is planning to add a donation banner to its official mobile apps for [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.joinmastodon.android&ref=itsfoss.com) and [iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mastodon/id1571998974?ref=itsfoss.com). The banner will appear on [mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/?ref=itsfoss.com) and [mastodon.online](https://mastodon.online/?ref=itsfoss.com), the two servers operated by the Mastodon team, and will only be shown to users with accounts older than four weeks.

They say the banner has been **designed to be easily dismissible**, so that it doesn't interfere with regular use. While it’s launching on mobile first, **they plan to roll out the same feature on the web version** in the near future.

Subsequently, the developers plan to offer the donation banner feature to other [Mastodon severs](https://joinmastodon.org/servers?ref=itsfoss.com), with each having the choice whether to enable it or not.

Announcing this change, The Mastodon Team explained that:

> We know that collecting money can present complexities and questions. We’d like to figure out how to do this well, together with the community. This is not a corporate fundraising campaign: it’s an effort to secure the future of a more ethical and independent social web.   
>  
> It’s an invitation to help us build a platform that truly belongs to all of us. Thank you for your support as we take another small step forwards in our fundraising efforts.

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