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>no honest business can compete with free The resources required to provide the world with the valuable parts of these services are small enough to be funded t
by wintermutestwin 5y ago
>no honest business can compete with free
The resources required to provide the world with the valuable parts of these services are small enough to be funded through non-profits or benefit corporations. I'd gladly donate my time and money to a 501c3 facebook killer.
- freen 5y agoMastodon
- wintermutestwin 5y agoA self-hosted federated twitter replacement will never fly with the vast majority of potential users. It is also in desperate need of a name change. The first search result is to an awesome metal band.
- strogonoff 5y agoI also think self-hosted solutions can’t compete. Luckily, if hosted platforms (either non-profit or with true paying users) offer open API, there would be no issue interoperating with Mastodon et al.
- freen 5y ago1: doesn’t have to be self hosted. 2: doesn’t have to be just twitter, it’s a federated protocol. Anything can go down the pipes. 3: doesn’t have to be called mastodon. How many forum users know the name of the software that runs their forum?