Would it not be better to encourage a fundraising culture on instances so that they are self-supporting?
Openness about the costs of running it and the costs of supporting moderators in terms of therapy, administration, cycling them through, and even (whisper it) paying them?
Seems like this would be an easy carrot to go with the defed stick?
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Thanks for posting about this matter ArtBear.
I hadn't considered how user donations to their server might influence admin decisions.
And I hadn't thought about what admins owe the users in terms of open communication about salient things.
#InstanceDonations #MastodonFunding #FediversAdminResponsibilities
Since Mastodon maintenance is based on donations, I was wondering whether all those accounts of national & international, incl. EU institutions, contribute. If they do, they should make this be known publicly because it's public money involved & to avoid being suspected of funding a project of their own, which would be to the detriment of those who believe in an independent public space. Maybe we should discuss this now before it's too late?
searching is much faster today! the home timeline looks great, starting to resemble mine from the twold place... #functionality is improving. glad to see so many new faces.
but, still nothing in the localand federated timelines, and still not sweating it. grateful for those workin on this. If there is an easy way to provide some #MastodonFunding to my server - let me know, thanks!
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