If you check out the opencollective link in lemmy worlds sidebar, theres a budget breakdown there. And how much they gain in donations.

They can. They have no problems doing it for a well-advertised product who has somehow convinced them that “everyone uses it”.

Nah. Bug, I think. Happens often with communities outside your server. They will still show in your feed.

I’ll wait and see if Facebook is even gonna end up doing federation correctly. Maybe they wont.