“open source communities” are mostly good for topic oriented communities. otherwise, i believe commercial motivations are great for maximizing participation. i

“open source communities” are mostly good for topic oriented communities. otherwise, i believe commercial motivations are great for maximizing participation. in the end communities with maximum participation will always be where creators are incentivized to be. until the average user becomes willing to pay for X, ad based revenue models will always win. relatedly, paying for X is easier than setting up your own mastodon server.