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basically bring your own domain like Google Workspace or O365. I'd love to see the Mastodon project (or any other AP implementation) adopt that managed services

by riffic 2y ago

basically bring your own domain like Google Workspace or O365. I'd love to see the Mastodon project (or any other AP implementation) adopt that managed services model.

bhhaskin 2y ago
I don't believe there is anything stopping someone from starting a managed Mastodon service.
- danielheath 2y ago
  It’s absurdly expensive to offer, because none of the major implementations support serving multiple domains in a single process, so you end up with a lot of duplication.
  - rglullis 2y ago
    Takahe is the only one that is doing it, but unfortunately Andrew stopped working on it.
    - riffic 2y ago
      this looks dope, I'm going to have to take a closer look now that I've heard of it. Does seem the project is in danger of being sunset unless new support comes in the way of the developer: > TLDR: I am looking for new developers and maintainers for Takahē who want to help in exchange for my mentorship, or I'll have to sunset the project. https://aeracode.org/2023/11/06/life-critical-side-projects/ https://aeracode.org/2023/11/06/life-critical-side-projects/ The repo is still being updated so it doesn't look like it's in too much danger: https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe/commits/main/ https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe/commits/main/
      - rglullis 2y ago
        It seems that most of the work is going on at a fork, now: https://github.com/avaraline/incarnator https://github.com/avaraline/incarnator
        riffic 2y ago
        hooray! Thanks for sharing, this is great to see. I used to follow the ecosystem much more closely than I do now but I'm definitely looking to jump back in soon.
  - riffic 2y ago
    I wonder if Meta's Threads is being built with that capability. I would expect an incumbent player to make an entrance into this market and they seem like the furthest along in capacity and capabilities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(social_network) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(social_network)
- renewedrebecca 2y ago
  Isn't that what masto.host does anyway?
  - rglullis 2y ago
    - masto.host - mastodon.green - social.lol - communick.com - cloud68.co - elest.io
    - transcriptase 2y ago
      I couldn’t come up with a list of URLs I’d be less likely to trust with anything without visiting them.
      - sangnoir 2y ago
        godaddy.com x.com abc.xyz
- riffic 2y ago
  I mean specifically, I'd like to see the actual Mastodon organization (Eugen Rochko's team now that they're a legit nonprofit) take that role. Or any other fedi software project tbh, doesn't need to be Mastodon themselves.
rglullis 2y ago
I've been trying that with Communick for over 5 years already, and (thanks for Trump and VP Elon) this was the first month where my revenue (barely) passed my operating costs. Companies/agencies/media institutions are not interested in being trailblazers, so they will just go where they see their audience going, meaning Bluesky nowadays. On the other side, the absolute majority of end users still believe that (free) social media is not something worth paying for, and the most you'll see is people that contribute a few dollars per year "to cover hardware costs".

by riffic 2y ago

basically bring your own domain like Google Workspace or O365. I'd love to see the Mastodon project (or any other AP implementation) adopt that managed services model.

bhhaskin 2y ago

I don't believe there is anything stopping someone from starting a managed Mastodon service.

danielheath 2y ago
It’s absurdly expensive to offer, because none of the major implementations support serving multiple domains in a single process, so you end up with a lot of duplication.
- rglullis 2y ago
  Takahe is the only one that is doing it, but unfortunately Andrew stopped working on it.
  - riffic 2y ago
    this looks dope, I'm going to have to take a closer look now that I've heard of it. Does seem the project is in danger of being sunset unless new support comes in the way of the developer: > TLDR: I am looking for new developers and maintainers for Takahē who want to help in exchange for my mentorship, or I'll have to sunset the project. https://aeracode.org/2023/11/06/life-critical-side-projects/ https://aeracode.org/2023/11/06/life-critical-side-projects/ The repo is still being updated so it doesn't look like it's in too much danger: https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe/commits/main/ https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe/commits/main/
    - rglullis 2y ago
      It seems that most of the work is going on at a fork, now: https://github.com/avaraline/incarnator https://github.com/avaraline/incarnator
      - riffic 2y ago
        hooray! Thanks for sharing, this is great to see. I used to follow the ecosystem much more closely than I do now but I'm definitely looking to jump back in soon.
- riffic 2y ago
  I wonder if Meta's Threads is being built with that capability. I would expect an incumbent player to make an entrance into this market and they seem like the furthest along in capacity and capabilities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(social_network) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(social_network)
renewedrebecca 2y ago
Isn't that what masto.host does anyway?
- rglullis 2y ago
  - masto.host - mastodon.green - social.lol - communick.com - cloud68.co - elest.io
  - transcriptase 2y ago
    I couldn’t come up with a list of URLs I’d be less likely to trust with anything without visiting them.
    - sangnoir 2y ago
      godaddy.com x.com abc.xyz
riffic 2y ago
I mean specifically, I'd like to see the actual Mastodon organization (Eugen Rochko's team now that they're a legit nonprofit) take that role. Or any other fedi software project tbh, doesn't need to be Mastodon themselves.

rglullis 2y ago

I've been trying that with Communick for over 5 years already, and (thanks for Trump and VP Elon) this was the first month where my revenue (barely) passed my operating costs. Companies/agencies/media institutions are not interested in being trailblazers, so they will just go where they see their audience going, meaning Bluesky nowadays. On the other side, the absolute majority of end users still believe that (free) social media is not something worth paying for, and the most you'll see is people that contribute a few dollars per year "to cover hardware costs".