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What would be the incentive to maintain a Mastodon server? Monetary or else? Is it feasible in scale?

• Cyberdog 4y ago
  For the same reasons someone would maintain a forum or some other sort of what we call today "social networking service;" to allow people to come together and communicate, sometimes focused around a certain topic. Few people will make a living from running a fediverse server but if you have enough of a dedicated audience, you can probably at least fundraise enough to help cover costs.
• rsynnott 4y ago
  Most of them are pretty small, and often take donations. Think community forums back in the day.