thanks for all of the information you've shared in this thread, i can see you already answered my question elsewhere.

i was put off by the cost and effort involved in maintaining a mastadon instance when i looked into that a while back, but i'm glad to hear that lemmy could be cheaper.

how much does your mastadon instance cost per month? what do you expect for lemmy?

I should probably read more than I write maybe, this is definitely a respectful way to enter a community. but i think no matter what, people are going to feel like any community was at its peak right when they joined and they'll impose the eternal september flag upon whatever next the influx after they joined happens to be.

i tried to become active in mastadon and i realized pretty quickly that the majority of the conversation was about mastadon growth and adoption. i just didn't care enough about that to stick around. i hope there is more here.