rose56Yea I noticed this one too.
The thing here is for the users to help with the costs, otherwise it’s gonna end like lemmynsfw.
rumschlumpelAFAIK lemmynsfw ended like it did because the main admin disappeared.
Yes, but I know that server cost was a thing too. Correct me if I’m wrong.
They used to post updates.
They used to post updates.
Oh don’t get me wrong, definitely donate to your instance. But it’s just not possible to keep running an instance if the one person with full control of the infrastructure disappears; feddit.de had the same issue, and feddit.de/feddit.org was AFAIK always doing well in terms of donations.
UnderpantsWeevilSort of the Achilles Heel of the Fediverse generally speaking.
It’s a loss network of hobbyists, not a self-reproducing profit motivated business.
blitzenI really want municipalities to spin up their own instances (or at least pay for hosted instances.)
Imagine a world in which local (and larger) governments have their instances and don’t have to rely upon corporations like twitter. @[email protected], etc.
ageedizzleThat’s a really cool idea. The internet has really done a number on local news, maybe a world where your social media infrastructure was run by your local municipality would change that. At minimum, it would give people an interesting way to interact with people in their community.
I thought about that for a long while really. Would be so amazing for your “Local” feed to be actually, well, local!
You could see the events from around the neighborhood, yet still use your account to connect to the outside world.
The Internet and big platforms have withered local social activity and organizing somewhat, distancing us from our immediate environments and leaving all of us scattered. Would be cool to reverse this, while still enjoying the freedom of connection to everyone around the world!