Everything About Hosting Got Cheaper Except Moderation: LessWrong Burns ~$1M/Year
jd_pressman · x · 2026-09-26
Responding to questions about arXiv's $17.2M budget, one thread points out that every part of hosting a website has gotten cheaper except moderation, which has ballooned — LessWrong reportedly costs $1M a year to run, mostly on moderation systems and upkeep.
More from Infra
- Benchmark maker says no Ascend version — models would hill-climb it; TPU/Trainium/AMD better — xeophon · 2026-09-26
- FT: Oracle Must Pay Data Center Investors Even If Sites Never Get Power — SumitGup · 2026-09-26
- China Telecom's Xing4.0 trends on HF: 29B MoE trained entirely on Ascend 910C — AdinaYakup · 2026-09-26
- Data Center Resistance Is Growing in Africa: Scholar Digs Into the Backlash — ChinasaTOkolo · 2026-09-26
- Citi: monthly AI token usage has grown 31% MoM on average since early 2025 — Beth_Kindig · 2026-09-26
- Chanos and Gary Marcus question Nvidia: even the best chips won't sell if customers can't profit — GaryMarcus · 2026-09-26