Evan Prodromou

https://cosocial.ca/ is slowly coming online, and I'm going to be slowly shifting my presence from my personal site to this one.

I've made @evan approved-follow-only. New followers should follow @evan.

I'll be boosting everything from cosocial.ca to prodromou.pub for now, until I do a full account move. We're still testing the site!

Thanks for your patience. This feels really exciting.

CoSocial

Cooperative-run social media server for Canada. Join at https://join.cosocial.ca

Mastodon hosted on cosocial.ca
Mar 21, 2023 at 11:07pmWeb
Show threadJames M.Mar 21, 2023
@evan @evan cool! So, tell us-- how is the new instance run? Is it a coop, run democratically by users, subscription or free, etc.? I'm curious! I know you were looking into these kinds of ideas, and I'm always looking for group governance structures that work.
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 21, 2023
@jamesmarshall @evan great question! We're a cooperative incorporated in Canada as of last week. 🎉 Each member gets an account on the server. Each member also gets a vote in the cooperative. That means they can vote directly on topics during the member assembly, and also that they elect the board members. We're still working through how we'll do more frequent and direct community decision-making.
Show threadJames M.Mar 21, 2023
@evan @evan nice. Will anyone who follows the CoC be able to join, or just Canadians, or approved case by case? Will it have a small subscription fee, or be funded with donations? Curious to see what works that people are happy with. As you know, the "who can join" issue can become contentious in some communities.
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 21, 2023

@jamesmarshall Just Canadians. That makes it easier for us to manage legal stuff, like copyright, privacy, and coop membership law.

There's a membership fee, $50/year.

Show threadJames M.Mar 21, 2023
@evan right, that all makes sense. Based on the published server costs of the instance I'm on, that fee will easily cover server costs plus hopefully some salary for moderators and admins. I'm curious what typical instance costs *including labor* add up to.
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 21, 2023
@jamesmarshall yeah, our budget at that membership level has us giving a pretty fair salary to paid moderators and server admins sometime this year, IIRC.
Show threadLeigh HoneywellMar 22, 2023
@evan exciting!!!
Show threadJoyce ParkMar 26, 2023
@evan @evan Love the art! :D Mastodon, some (presumable) Canadians crouching in the shrubbery, maple leaves...
Show threadAnnbassMar 27, 2023
@evan @evan Another reason to envy Canadians… :-)