===== #IOCX Transparency Report - Feburary 2023 =====
Dear Hackers!

In February we grew to roughly 25,000 InfoSec friends. That is an increase of 700 additional friends - Welcome to #IOCX Everyone!

Our Moderators dealt with ~50 reports in February. Remember: Our Mods are volunteers, so be nice and show gratitude when you see [[https://ioc.exchange/@alaric|@alaric]] and [[https://ioc.exchange/@cstromblad|@cstromblad]] online!
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==== Financial Details ====
In February the cost of running #IOCX was $395, our efforts to minimize hosting costs brought down the costs by another $80 :-) - Here is the breakdown of the February costs:\\
$298 Linode Server Hosting\\
$97 AWS S3\\

Donations and memberships amounted to $230 for the month of February. The rest of the costs [[https://ioc.exchange/@seb|@seb]] covered with his personal funds. **A very big shout-out to everyone who already supported or supports #IOCX - It is much appreciated!** Everyone, who hasn't contributed: Please consider contributing financially through our [[https://www.buymeacoffee.com/iocx|BuyMeACoffee page]].

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==== Improvements ====
In February we were able to execute on the following improvements:
  * Lowering the costs of running the instance by running storage clean-up scripts more frequently

With that we now decreased the monthly costs of running this instance to under $400. 
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==== Future Plans ====
There is always more to do of course. Here are some ideas for improvements that we will work on in the coming weeks:
  * Upgrading to the latest Mastodon version
  * Adding a Translation feature based on LibreTranslate
  * Register a DMCA agent
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Please keep feedback coming and Have Fun and Stay Safe!