Post Ab6V6rd56nT2EkFTG4 by itzpaquet@novo-atlantis.null.media
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 (DIR) Post #Ab6V65waOyY4LL0Mzo by itzpaquet@novo-atlantis.null.media
       2023-10-24T18:40:00.440307Z
       
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       > you can make your own communitysounds like a nice selling point for the fediverse, and in some ways i think that's one of its most interesting features. the problems crop up when you start considering costs. this really translates to:> relatively wealthy communities can easily rent infrastructure in order to project themselves into the network> relatively wealthy communities with lots of leisure time can easily find volunteers to provide admin and moderation serviceswhich sounds a lot less egalitarian. using more efficient server options is also daunting because they are either harder to operate or have weird baggage. so you end up having to pay a mastodon operational task if you want to be seen as a legitimate site.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab6V6rd56nT2EkFTG4 by itzpaquet@novo-atlantis.null.media
       2023-10-24T18:41:50.991147Z
       
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       for these and other reasons, i don't think that the federation model is actually especially beneficial to people who don't already have a lot of resources at their disposal. operating this stuff is hard and you need pretty highly trained volunteers to get things off the ground.