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)
@deviantollam This is what the Patreon lists:
> Multiple developers for the main project
> Multiple developers for official iOS/Android apps
> Multiple UX designers
> Hosting of mastodon.social
> Hosting of mastodon.online
> Hosting of joinmastodon.org and related services
While I guess you'd also be supporting development, it seems most of the donations might just go to hosting costs. I personally don't mind there being one huge instance if that facilitates user adoption, but apparently a lot of people disagree with that idea.
Deviant Ollam
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