That wasn't really my point. It doesn't inspire confidence when the host says "hey! put your stuff here! I'm not sure that I can pay the bills each month but I sure hope we can. Oh--and I have no idea how this will scale."
It's all understandable. But even if it's free and even if my content is stupid, I'd still feel a little uncomfortable because of how much doubt the owner expresses over the viability of the service.
I have a lot of experience scaling web applications, I've been doing this for over 14 years. I should probably highlight that somewhere.
I've already gotten enough donations today to run the server as-is for 8 months! I also found a sweet deal with a reliable dedicated provider via a tip that will cost substantially less than my intial estimates.
It's all understandable. But even if it's free and even if my content is stupid, I'd still feel a little uncomfortable because of how much doubt the owner expresses over the viability of the service.