Aral BalkanJun 11, 2017

Want to make a huge contribution to Mastodon adoption?

Create and maintain a Debian package for Mastodon. If you know anyone fluent in making and maintaining Debian packages, please share this with them. Let’s reduce the complexity of installing Mastodon on Debian-based distributions (e.g., Ubuntu) down to running a single command and watch the instance numbers shoot up! :)

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/3576 https://mastodon.ar.al/media/LnF6IcwsXopEva_JTzg

Show threadMaltimoreJun 11, 2017
@aral is the number of instances a limiting factor though? I thought that we actually have too many instances for too few users.
I'd be willing to start a mastodon server but didn't see the need at all so far?
Show threadStefanie SchulteJun 11, 2017
@Maltimore @aral Should technical proficiency be the limiting factor? Or should e. g. people who are good at community management and who are trusted by others be able to run their own instances? Of course, such an instance needs to be secure, too, otherwise vulnerable people might get hurt.
Show threadAlexander Bochmann
@stefanieschulte @Maltimore @aral
I don't think infrastructure can be trusted unless it's being run by knowledgeable people. Now, how do we find some of those, and know *they* can be trusted?

The problem is as old as any community. Sooner or later, some form of organization is required.

Also, this stuff costs money to run. Not a lot, maybe an €5 VM for a couple dozen users, but it's going to ramp up fast for a big instance.
Jun 11, 2017 at 1:13pmWeb