David SlifkaMar 2, 2023

What do we as the fediverse community need to accomplish in order to scale by 10x or 100x?

After conversations with so, so many amazing people working to make this happen, I took a shot at making a list.

I hope it's a useful resource for people looking to get involved, and also to promote discussion and collaboration.

https://medium.com/@davidslifka_86286/what-the-mastodon-ecosystem-needs-to-scale-cb845f30cfe8

What the Mastodon ecosystem needs to scale - David Slifka - Medium

This is our collective chance to fix social social media. To make that happen I think the items below are necessary, in very roughly descending order. Mastodon publishes the number of servers…

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Thank you everyone for the great input! There are a lot of good points. To respond to two very common questions, I added two FAQs at the bottom of the essay. Summaries:

Q1: Why growth? Isn’t the fediverse great as is? (Yes it is; but without growth it won't fix the problems of Big Social.)

Q2: What about all the other federated platforms? The fediverse is bigger than Mastodon. (Yes it is; but Mastodon had a lucky break, and that's the best shot I see for other platforms to grow right now.)

Mar 2, 2023 at 7:15pmWeb