Are there any paid services for either Lemmy or Mastodon? Something where, given it is a subscription service, you would expect them to stick around long-term?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (26 children)

Second this. And other instances would still be accessible. Even more so since lemmy.world (along with probably some others) is starting censorship, which wouldn't affect you, since you decide what you can see.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (25 children)

I'd love to self host one for everyone but not allow communities. The idea would be that I federate with everyone no matter what and leave a what the user wants to sub to up to them. No censorship at all.

Not having communities would mean I don't have to worry about what I host and have other instances defederate with me. Plus, I have no interest in being mod, dealing with DCMA,user reports, etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Have you heard of what happened to Rammy? The admin went MIA, a bunch of trolls set up shop, and they (as expected) got defederated from the majority of the network for being an unmoderated trashfire. Or earlier incidents regarding a bunch of open registration instances getting bot sign ups even if those accounts never did anything (to the best of my knowledge anyway).

If you are going to host an instance open to public registrations you need moderation. Even if it's just to keep the spammers and trolls at bay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you are going to host an instance open to public registrations you need moderation. Even if it’s just to keep the spammers and trolls at bay.

Yeah, good point. Lots of things to consider. Thanks for this!

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