Let's Play Board GamesNov 14, 2022
Joe Sondow
You’re not the product anymore. You’re a community member in your host’s ad-free server they pay for. There’s no venture capitalist payday coming for them. Everything you do here costs your host a little bit of money. Find out how you can chip in.
Nov 13, 2022 at 11:53pmWeb
Show threadTiberiusReignsNov 13, 2022
@JoeSondow
#feditips
Show threadKarin SorenbyNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow And how powerful of a feeling is that?? It’s pretty darn sweet.. No Mr Rich boy Musk on top.. ☺️
Show threadJohannes  Nov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow I’m doing my part by posting gif responses instead of video responses!
Show threadI Linux I Lose 😫Nov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow Don't forget to tip your waiters and waitresses ... er, your server admins.
Show threadSam WatkinsNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow I'm pretty sure that "a little bit" is like microcents at most, for a textual hoot anyway. So I'm not overly worried about paying for it. I run some quasi-charitable web services myself also.
Show threadbenhellmannNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow can I have your permission to quote this? I've been trying to find these words to relate to friends
Show threadDavid Todd McCartyNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow
Show threadSkaveRat 🐀 Nov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow not even just money. Hosting your own instance can take up quite some time. From moderation to keeping the software and server up to date
Show threadNetopia EUNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow YET!
Show threadJohn FrancisNov 14, 2022

@JoeSondow what if we've all been duped into providing real world usage towards furthering the testing and development of ActivityPub servers, clients, and auxiliary services across multiple platforms?

The fiends!

Show threadAutoimmune Community InstituteNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💖
Show threadMatthew SharpeNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow Mastodon instances will 100% be sold to commercial interests if critical mass is reached. User data will always be valuable. Expecting it to remain free of commercial exploitation is quite unrealistic.
Show threadJoe SondowNov 14, 2022
@mythor What’s unrealistic is supposing that your current mastodon server admin is going to make money by getting bought out.
Show threadChristina SørensenNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow
> they pay for
nah I'm running this on my own hardware in communist Denmark, there is no ethical federating under capitalism /j
Show threadMarco 🇳🇱 🇪🇺Nov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow true, however the chances of an admin banning you just because they have a personal issue with you are larger on Mastodon than on that other site.
Show threadJoe SondowNov 14, 2022
@mfr And?
Show threadMarco 🇳🇱 🇪🇺Nov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow just saying that even though you're no longer "a product" there are plenty of other issues to consider. Masto is just as well a hellhole as any other social media. But agree on supporting your instance admin (I'm subscribed to my current and previous instance patreon/kofi).
Show threadparallelartsNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow I literally involuntarily heaved a sigh of relief reading "You're not the product anymore." Am contributing to this and another platform. #SupportMastodanHosts #SocialGood #Mastodon
Show threadKeiþ 🔭Nov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow Exactly this. I need to get all my friends over here pronto.
Show threadStefanNov 14, 2022
@IChewPorridge @JoeSondow Or make nee ones! 👋🏻
Show threadStefanNov 14, 2022
@IChewPorridge @JoeSondow *new
Show threadKeiþ 🔭Nov 14, 2022
@IngenieurStefan @JoeSondow Honestly it’s not going to take long to move them over, very few people actually like me.
Show threadStefanNov 14, 2022
@IChewPorridge @JoeSondow Well, I don’t know you. But all those other people just could be wrong. Popularity says nothing about your character.
Show threadFish Id WardrobeNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow (You always were a community member, of course. They did their best to hide that.)
Show threadPeter RelphNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow But first I suggest discovering if their ideas & ideologies correspond with yours.
Show threadstandevNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow I clicked here looking for ways to actually chip in. For those using a Mastodon GGmbH instance, they now have Patreon sponsorship options on their website at https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors for those who want to support for less than $200/month.
Donate to Mastodon

Donate or become a sponsor and help us build the social web for everyone!

Show threadPadraig 🌈Nov 14, 2022

@JoeSondow Ugh, imagine not being a product in 2022.

I like my data being harvested.

( 😂 )

Show threadTonyduncNov 14, 2022
@JoeSondow how can you chip in. I am totally new here and know next to nothing!
Show threadsimsa04Nov 14, 2022
Let me suggest to you instead:

* Instances are not *places*. Instances are not places at all but *conversations*, most often mingling with others farer away.

* Accordingly, not only are users dependent on their hosts but hosts are dependent on their users as well, for the quality of the conversations that take place, the atmosphere that rules the instance, and the reputation the instance "acquires" (or rather: *grows*) from that.

Obviously one should support the host/admin in the various ways that are possible. But an instance is not an "appartment buidling" in which the landlord deals with raucous tenants ("My house, my rules"). Nor is it a "community". It's voices mingling, and ideas taking advantage of that, pursuing their own goals and destinations.

#fediverse
Show threadPaul BrownjohnNov 20, 2022

@JoeSondow

I did a Patreon donation yesterday - is that what folk need to do?

Show threaddigitalkaozNov 28, 2022
@JoeSondow is there some micro-payment system involved where you share an amount of € which gets somehow distributed to server admins? No Crypto BS!