MoKe

Today most instances I know have its costs paid by its own admins. But this has a expire date implied.

I'm enjoying it while I can, and trying not to be pessimistic, but it would be heartbreaking if we had to jump from one instance to another due to the lack of interest of its maintainers along the time.

Apr 18, 2017 at 11:08pmWeb
Show threadMoKeApr 18, 2017
That's one of the reasons for me to be a patron of .☕ :)
Show threadNolan LawsonApr 18, 2017
@Moke Yep, my goal is to eventually make this thing self-sufficient. Amusingly I am probably inviting lots of people way more qualified than me to run the server
Show threadMoKeApr 18, 2017
@nolan c'mon, you've been doing a great job so far!
Show threadFélix SanzApr 18, 2017
@Moke Well... Mastodon new users went from 5000/hour to merely 300. It's just fading...
Show threadMoKeApr 18, 2017
@felixsanz I think people come in waves. So far has been this way.
Show threadMr Nobody [OLD - delete soon]Apr 18, 2017
@Moke And it will happen. On a lot of instances, for sure. But again... the day when Vine decided to close their service, EVERY user were heartbroken. On mastodon, only a few will be.
Show threadMoKeApr 18, 2017
@Hexalyse but at the time they did that, there were free similar options to Vine. I don't think we have, now, something similar to Mastodon in terms of community-controled environment.
Show threadMr Nobody [OLD - delete soon]Apr 18, 2017
@Moke Well... if your instance closes, you have other instances. Indeed, the risk of seeing an instance go down is bigger than with big commercial companies. But I'm sure people will find a way to overcome that (servers paid by donations, other users taking over an instance if the admin decides to leave, etc.). As an admin myself, with an instance that's growing after only a few days, I indeed feel like I have a duty, or could disappoint people if I fail to maintain the instance.
Show threadMoKeApr 18, 2017

@Hexalyse yep, but you can lose the interest along the time. Then you will have to find someone to keep maintaining it and so on..

I would like to know who maintains and how the IRC servers are maintained. Because AFAIK it's free.

Show threadguyjinApr 18, 2017
@Moke Such is the internet. Forums were born, got old, died, and were replaced with new forums.