domination is inevitable
We are now at 28.5K users (see https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list [https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list]). The top 10 instances also got a decent boost in user count. With the exception of beehaw.org [http://beehaw.org] which defederated, the Fediverse is thriving 🔥
Rather, more instances, not servers. An instance can scale out using as many servers as the owner can tolerate.
I certainly wouldn’t want to be the one managing a horizontally scaled fediverse instance on a cloud platform though, that shit adds up fast, and no way in hell is anyone going to donate here.
I honestly don’t get how that’s supposed to work indefinitely, that’s usually where as money comes in and… god dammit we’re back to square one lol. I’m here for a good time, not a long time 😎
There is nothing wrong with having ads on a server. A server / instance should monetize itself like crazy if they want to. If users don't like it, they now have options! They're not stuck in a place like reddit.
That's why I'm so excited by federation.
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