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Maybe you're right--we'll see. How big do you think a Mastodon instance can get before it's too big? Right now the largest instance is maybe 1 million users. L
by GMoromisato 2y ago
Maybe you're right--we'll see.
How big do you think a Mastodon instance can get before it's too big? Right now the largest instance is maybe 1 million users. Let's say that's a good size. To get 3 billion people on it (Facebook's scale) we'd need 3,000 different instances, right?
Except, people won't evenly distribute. Instead, we'll have a power law distribution. The largest instance will be maybe 500 million users, the next largest will be 200 million, and so on. That means that most Mastodon users will be in Twitter-sized instances, and you'll either have to spend a ton of money on moderation (except, I don't know who pays) or you'll end up with the usual toxic anarchy.
- fsflover 2y ago> The largest instance will be maybe 500 million users, the next largest will be 200 Yes, this is likely indeed. Those instances will probably be unsustainable and/or user-hostile, but users are always free to leave to another instance without much to loose.