Mastodawn

Deviant Ollam Nov 18, 2022

So, I definitely want to see Mastodon remain healthy and continue forward, but I wouldn't mind if someone could explain this to me a little more...

https://atomicpoet.org/objects/edff069b-bc28-4b18-ac37-a3173723c31e

... Aren't the posting and operational costs associated with the Fediverse borne by all the individual instances? What costs does the overarching org have? (Not being snarky, I'm sure they exist, I just wish I understood more)

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Rallias

@deviantollam So, sure, each instance has their own infrastructure costs, but the Mastodon project itself is a development project, and with the million people joining the Fediverse, they bring with them expectations of what Mastodon is and can be, in terms of performance, mobile apps, and the canonical Mastodon instance that they run (mastodon.social).