You can host a mastodon instance on a small server that doesn't cost this much, and you can pool the money with a few friends to have your own community for a f

You can host a mastodon instance on a small server that doesn't cost this much, and you can pool the money with a few friends to have your own community for a few €/month :). I remember people doing it with TeamSpeak, Minecraft, Counter-strike, etc. server, its the same !