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Looking at it from another perspective what is the INCENTIVE to run a Mastodon server? What are those server costs and time to setup and moderate worth? Notor
by VectorLock 4y ago
Looking at it from another perspective what is the INCENTIVE to run a Mastodon server? What are those server costs and time to setup and moderate worth?
Notoriety? Control over the users?
- toofy 4y agomy guess is it’s the same rewards that drove people to run usenet servers, bbs servers, irc servers, forums, countless open-source projects, and whatever other non-centralized platforms flourished in the past and present.
- VectorLock 4y agoLike I said, notoriety and control of users. People ran BBS servers to be sysops, IRC servers to get O:lines, open source projects to get their name out there, etc. "Pure altriusm" could also be a motivator.
- toofy 4y agoas someone who has been significantly involved in open source projects and contributing to hosting for various projects for years, “control” and “notoriety” are rarely what people are getting lol.